Herring People — Salmon 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 — Salmon

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. A Herring on my hook, my singing mind sends the melody down the line, capturing the attention of Tsiin, to ask that they might give their life for mine, so I have what I need for today and to put by. Grateful for their gift, my mind turns to Raven carrying the remains of the lake and a few Salmon hidden in his feathers stolen from Beaver, dropping them over Xaada Gwaay and inadvertently creating all the lakes and rivers. Yahguudang—Respect