100cm e Theko e tlaase ea Batho ba baholo Lipopi tse kholo tse nyane tsa thobalano bakeng sa banna

Lejwe la kedare le lefubedu le ne le ka ba bolelele ba dimethara tse tharo, le bophahamo ba dimetara tse tharo, le bophara bo ka bang mithara. Gordon Dick o ne a seha bokaholimo ba eona bo chitja. The chainsaw loma ka ho eona, fafatsa sawdust. Li-headphones tse letsang lerata, Joe Martin o ile a inama ho shebella moo lehare le phunyeletsang teng. Ka letsoho la hae le letona o ile a etsa lipontšo tse nyenyane—ho ea holimo hanyenyane, tlaase, hantle. Moea o ne o tletse monko o bohale, o batlang o etsa moriana oa kedare.

Martin ke sebini sa Tla-o-qui-aht lebōpong le ka bophirimela la Sehlekehleke sa Vancouver, British Columbia. Dick, mmetli e mong, o tswa Tseshaht, setjhaba sa boahelani. Ba ne ba etsa maqeba a pele a mabe seemahaleng sa phiri e lutseng holim’a liphahlo tsa eona—ha e le hantle, palo e khutšoanyane ea totem. Haufi le moo ho ne ho e-na le lipalo tse peli tse khōloanyane, tse batlang li feletse, tse bolelele ba limithara tse 24 le bolelele ba limithara tse 30. Ka holimo ka lehlakoreng le leng la palo e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe, e phuthetsoe ka holim'a e 'ngoe, ho ne ho e-na le litšoantšo tsa tšoantšetso: libere, letsatsi, linoha tsa tšōmong tsa leoatleng, liphiri tse ngata.

Lehlabuleng lena, Martin o tla emisa e 'ngoe ea lipalo motseng oa habo oa Opitsaht Sehlekehlekeng sa Meares, haufi le toropo ea phomolo ea Vancouver Island ea Tofino. Popi ea thobalano 160cm

Opitsaht o ne a e-na le makholo ho fihlela molao oa Canada oa 1884 o qobella batho ba Maindia ho lumella babokelli le limusiamo hore ba li nke ka bolokolohi - e leng seo ba ileng ba se etsa. Joalo ka lifensetere tsa likhalase tse silafalitsoeng likerekeng tsa likereke, lipalo tsa totem ke litšoantšo tsa lithuto tsa setso. Empa boteng ba bona bo matla bo ba etsa ho feta moo, Martin o ile a mpolella. “Ba re, ‘Re mona. Sena ketsa ronasebaka.' ”