Roger Fernandes, Legend Petroglyph, Ceremony Petroglyph, Changer Petroglyph, 1997
© Roger Fernandes, Changer Petroglyph, 1997, One of three, Washington granite, Detail, King County Public Art Collection, Photo by Joe Manfredini

Roger Ferndandes carved the Northwind Fishing Weir legend as petroglyphs into three Washington granite boulders. Rocks with petroglyphs carved by Puget Salish people were once found throughout the Puget Sound area. A storyteller, Fernandez is a member of the Lower Elwha Band of the Klallam Indians from the Port Angeles area of the state of Washington.

Susan Point, Northwind Fishing Weir Legend, 1997
© Susan Point, Northwind Fishing Weir Legend, 1997, 6 panels, Carved red cedar, King County Public Art Collection, Photo by Joe Manfredini

Coast Salish artist Susan Point used six red cedar planks "like the planks once used by shamans to visit the land beyond for recovering souls" as story boards to retell the Northwind Fishing Weir legend. She seated the planks in earth-colored cement sentinels shaped in Salish whale forms. Each story board illustrates a key part of this legend about Northwind and Southwind (village chiefs on either side of the Duwamish River) and the consequences of their rivalry.

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Susan Point, Northwind Fishing Weir Legend, 1997
© Susan Point, Northwind Fishing Weir Legend, 1997, 6 panels, Carved red cedar, King County Public Art Collection, Photo by Joe Manfredini

Coast Salish artist Susan Point used six red cedar planks "like the planks once used by shamans to visit the land beyond for recovering souls" as story boards to retell the Northwind Fishing Weir legend. She seated the planks in earth-colored cement sentinels shaped in Salish whale forms. Each story board illustrates a key part of this legend about Northwind and Southwind (village chiefs on either side of the Duwamish River) and the consequences of their rivalry.

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Susan Point, Northwind Fishing Weir Legend, 1997
© Susan Point, Northwind Fishing Weir Legend, 1997, 6 panels, Carved red cedar, King County Public Art Collection, Photo by Joe Manfredini

Coast Salish artist Susan Point used six red cedar planks "like the planks once used by shamans to visit the land beyond for recovering souls" as story boards to retell the Northwind Fishing Weir legend. She seated the planks in earth-colored cement sentinels shaped in Salish whale forms. Each story board illustrates a key part of this legend about Northwind and Southwind (village chiefs on either side of the Duwamish River) and the consequences of their rivalry.

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Susan Point, Northwind Fishing Weir Legend, 1997
© Susan Point, Northwind Fishing Weir Legend, 1997, 6 panels, Carved red cedar, Detail, King County Public Art Collection, Photo by Joe Manfredini

Coast Salish artist Susan Point used six red cedar planks "like the planks once used by shamans to visit the land beyond for recovering souls" as story boards to retell the Northwind Fishing Weir legend. She seated the planks in earth-colored cement sentinels shaped in Salish whale forms. Each story board illustrates a key part of this legend about Northwind and Southwind (village chiefs on either side of the Duwamish River) and the consequences of their rivalry.

Visit the artist's website