The Wild Woman of the Woods mask is complete. It's mounted on an entry wall at Wellington high school in #Nanaimo.

Please support #BCIndigenous artists 🙏 https://www.beauwagner.ca/coast-salish-art/shop/

#TraditionalNativeArt #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #SalishArt #BuyNative #NativeArtists #NativeMastodon #woodworker #woodcarving #PaintedMask #Westcoast #Art #Indigenous #handcarved #handmade #Masks #Cultural #FineArt #NativeCulture #SocialBC #ShopHandmade #CoastSalish #VancouverIsland #PNW #BuyCanadian

Beau sent me an update photo of the #DugoutCanoe that some students at Wellington high school in #Nanaimo are working to help carve. It is coming along so beautifully!

Please support BC Indigenous artists 🙏 https://www.beauwagner.ca/coast-salish-art/shop

He is off work from public schools this Summer & is open for #CoastSalish #ArtCommissions.

#TraditionalNativeArt #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #SalishArt #ShopNative #BuyNative #SupportIndigenousBiz #canoe #NativeArtists #NativeMastodon #woodworker #woodcarving #Westcoast #BCNativeArt #Art #Indigenous #handcarved #Cultural #NativeCulture #SocialBC #IndigenousEducator #BoatBuilders #boat #Woodcarvers #MasterCarver #Cedar

#SilentSunday

3 kinds of Indigenous smudge medicines.
From top to bottom:
#BraidedSweetgrass
#WhiteSage
#Cedar

#NativeMedicines #SmudgeMaterials #ceremonial #SacredSmudge #FirstNations #NativeCulture #IndigenousSpirituality #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Decolonization #FirstPeoples #cultural #Indigenous #smudge #medicines

Beau got the abalone eyes in last night. He starts painting it soon.

Please support BC Indigenous artists 🙏 https://www.beauwagner.ca/coast-salish-art/shop/

#TraditionalNativeArt #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #SalishArt #ShopNative #BuyNative #SupportIndigenousBiz #NativeArtists #NativeMastodon #woodworker #woodcarving #PaintedMask #Westcoast #BCNativeArt #Art #Indigenous #handcarved #handmade #Masks #Cultural #FineArt #NativeCulture #SocialBC #ShopHandmade #CoastSalish #VancouverIsland #PNW #BuyCanadian

Another of Beau's beautiful #handmade masks.
This piece has a gorgeous natural stained finish.
#CoastSalish #Mask.

Please support BC Indigenous artist small business 🙏 https://www.beauwagner.ca/coast-salish-art/shop/

#TraditionalNativeArt #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #SalishArt #ShopNative #BuyNative #SupportIndigenousBiz #NativeArtists #NativeMastodon #woodworker #woodcarving #PaintedMask #Westcoast #BCNativeArt #Art #Indigenous #handcarved #handpainted #Masks #Cultural #FineArt #NativeCulture #SocialBC

One of Beau's beautiful #handmade masks.
#CoastSalish #Raven #Mask.

Please check out his Coast Salish fine art for sale & support Indigenous artist small business 🙏 https://www.beauwagner.ca/coast-salish-art/shop/

#TraditionalNativeArt #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #SalishArt #ShopNative #BuyNative #SupportIndigenousBiz #NativeArtists #NativeMastodon #woodworker #woodcarving #PaintedMask #Westcoast #BCNativeArt #Art #Indigenous #handcarved #handpainted #Masks #Cultural #FineArt #NativeCulture

https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/

#nativeamerican #nativeculture #indigenousrights #Indigenousart

#Ojibwe sister-friend / #Indigenous comrade, Silena, doing some traditional #JingleDancing as part of remote healing ceremonies at our past landback camp (only Indigenous & #POCactivists at that resistance camp).

Learn more about Indigenous jingle dance & why it's important to native culture:
https://www.powwows.com/jingle-dress-dance/

#JingleDancer #IndigenousCulture #JingleDress #JingleDance #FirstNations #NativeCulture #TurtleIsland #ClimateAction #Activists #NativeWomen #IndigenousWomen #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Activism #DefendNature #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCForestryReform #Landback #IndigenousResistance #NativeDance #Dancing

Some of my local Indigenous musician friends are performing at this cultural, touring event 💗

#MovableFeast #Indigenous #music and #culture #tour kicks off on Aug. 25 at the #Namgis Big House Field in #Yalis - #AlertBay - then on Wednesday, Aug. 28 the tour will barge all their equipment to #FloresIsland for performances in #Ahousaht. Stop three and the last leg of the tour is on Aug. 31 in #Toquaht #FirstNation village of #Macoah.

The line-up of #IndigenousMusicians includes Kiva MH, The Melawmen Collective, Leonard Sumner, Mama Mihirangi, Garret T. Willie, Saltwater Hank, Sechile Sedare, Willie Thrasher and Linda Saddleback, Hassatuk (Kalilah Rampanen), Geo AKA The Voice, Sabina Dennis and local guests.

Founded by #2RiversRemixSociety in partnership with virtualfeast.ca, these three stops on the Movable Feast #VancouverIsland tour are all #free, #FamilyFriendly and open to everyone. The program starts at 1 p.m. and wraps around 11 p.m.

“Everywhere we go, we showcase the stories of the people and the land there and how it came to be that way,” said singer, songwriter and Movable Feast founder Meeka Morgan.

For more information or to watch the shows on the livestream, visit:
https://virtualfeast.ca/

#NativeMusic #IndigenousMusic #IndigenousTalent #NativeTalent #BCFirstNations #VanIsle #CoastalBC #Tofino #PortMcNeill #BCindigenous #PacificNorthwest #CoastSalish #Nuuchahnulth #NativeCulture #BCNativeMusic