Eight-year-old Dylan Adams, left, of Belfair learns how to do Coast Salish tribal weaving from Susan Pavel of Skokomish, who is married to a Skokomish Tribal member. The weaving was to be given to Al Adams of the salmon center. (LARRY STEAGALL | KITSAP SUN) via In Belfair, Saying Thanks to the Salmon » Kitsap [...]
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Susan’s Work Listed as ‘One of 25 Greatest Works of Art Ever Made in Seattle’
From The Stranger: Susan Pavel, du’kWXaXa’t3w3l (Sacred Change for Each Other), 2007 No list like this would make any sense without native art, and yet most everything that passes for the native art of Seattle is actually art from hundreds of miles north of here. Only in the last few decades have the Salish-speaking people, [...]
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Seattle Times: Blanket Brings “Sacred Change”
From the Seattle Times Jan 28, 2007: With prayer and song, tribal members from around the region Saturday named and blessed the first known hand-twined mountain-goat-hair blanket made in Puget Sound country in generations. The art was retained by a few master weavers, including the late Bruce Miller, a Skokomish spiritual leader known as subiyay, [...]
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