Loud cheers and applause erupted from the audience in the Walter Soboleff Building’s clan house as David R. Boxley was awarded Best of Show, the top prize in Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Northwest ...
At his very first Native art show, David A. Boxley, now a renowned Tsimshian carver and culture bearer, carved Tlingit and Haida totem poles from books. He used model paint instead of acrylics, and ...
David Robert Boxley has been carving since he was six years old. As the son of renowned formline artist David A. Boxley, the younger Boxley spent his youth immersed in Tsimshian art and culture. In an ...
The Tsimshian people are fighting to save their language, Sm’algyax — and they’re fighting part of the battle with t-shirts designed by father and son David A. and David R. Boxley. The money will go ...
The Git-Hoan Dancers, the Tsimshian dance group started 20 years ago by master carver and culture bearer David A. Boxley, have some surprises for those attending Celebration — but you’ll have go to ...
Tsimshian Artist David R. Boxley talks about his work on an alder feast tray at the Walter Soboleff Building on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Boxley is spending the week demonstrating his craft for the ...
“All of the headdresses were made by my father out of his desire that our people know who they are and to be proud of who they are,” said David R. Boxley on Saturday afternoon as he introduced ...
In this Aug. 26, 2018 photo, Tsimshian artist David R. Boxley, left, Tlingit artist Stephen Jackson, center, and Haida artist TJ Young, stand by their bronze house posts during an unveiling ceremony ...
Boxley described the Anglican missionary who came to northern British Columbia in the late nineteenth century as “so very successful” in moving Tsimshian (pronounced like sim-she-ann) people away from ...
KINGSTON, Wash. – The minute David Boxley strikes his deer hide drum, everything changes. An empty stage quickly fills with the Git Hoan dancers, stealth in each dancer's stride, driven by respect for ...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The three bronze posts unveiled under sunny skies also double as pillars. They hold up and support the vibrancy and resilience of the Tsimshian, Tlingit and Haida cultures. “We ...