Art and Identity of the Kwa Kwaka'Wakw: Box of Treasures

Art and Identity of the Kwa Kwaka'Wakw: Box of Treasures

Produced by the U'Mista Cultural Society
Filmmaker: Dennis Wheeler
Narrator: Gloria Crammer Webster

This film focuses on Kwa Kwaka'Wakw identity as expressed in their art and ceremonies. In this short film clip you will hear perspectives of loss as a result of the Canadian governments ban on potlatching from an old woman, a mask carver, a fisherman, politicians and Gloria Crammer Webster. The film centers on Alert Bay, where many Kwa Kwaka'Wakw now reside and have "begun the task of reclaiming all that was lost"

Film Clip