Herring People — Eagle I, II, III, IV

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Media: Hand-pulled Serigraph

Year: 2016

Edition I: 1 - 145/145 s/n

Edition II: 1 - 55/55 s/n

Edition III: 1 - 55/55 s/n

Edition IV: 1 - 45/45 s/n

Herring People — Eagle

Iinang Xaadee—Herring People play a vital role in the ecosystem. They nurture, feed, give of themselves to keep beings alive in all realms—undersea, earth, and sky. When balance prevails, Herring People gather to dance in their great longhouse in such great numbers and with such vigour that the atmosphere overhead reverberates with their excitement. Now, Human Beings see Herring solely as a resource, blinded, not seeing their true value, only seeing monetary gain at the expense of the whole.

‘Let me see you, so that I can tell your story.’ These words fly with an arcing toss into the ether as I traverse the natural world with thoughts turned to encountering the Supernatural. Riveted, my mind soars and my eyes marvel as Guud—Eagles, respectfully execute a formalized flight pattern—a touch and go on the waters of Massett Inlet. Taking turns descending with talons extended, as the Herring dance, they grasp, ascend, devour, and rejoin the pattern until nature’s song drifts away with the wind. ‘Laa guu ga kanhllns—Responsibility.