On Saturday, July 8, the K’omoks First Nation raised the totem pole that I completed in the Fall of 2016. As a Northwest Coast First Nations Artist, I’m proud to see indigenous art being embraced by my nation. It is important for me to demonstrate our K’omoks and Kwakwaka’wakw ancestry. This pole is a thunderbird – one of the crests of K’omoks – and guardian figure holding a grave box, which will stand watch over our ancestors.