Galadzi

2003

First Nations, Kwakwaka'wakw, Dzwada'enuxw, born 1959

Dick created Galadzi during a period of longing for home and family while she was living in the Kootenays. Channeling these feelings, she spent her time reflecting on the summer she spent at the original village of the Nimpkish River on Vancouver Island. It was there she saw the seasonal return of the sockeye, heard distant voices and laughter of children in the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw language, and listened at night to the noises of an unseen canoe.

The Great Bear symbolizes the spirit of the ancestors that Dick reminisced about during her stay in the Kootenays. It is shown hunting the salmon that annually return to the river Gwani (Nimpkish River).

Silkscreen print

16 x 14 in. (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Gift of Simon Ottenberg

2014.4.9

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Indigenous Matrix: Northwest Women Printmakers, June 15 - Dec. 11, 2022.

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