Gibuu Howling
11”x14” prints on art paper
100% made with love
Wolves howl to communicate with each other; their voices can be heard from spaces afar to alert their pack of important news. My piece Gibuu Howling which is embraced with copper, helps to amplify the message. This piece also tells the beginning of a story that marks the moment when the biggest news of my life came; The day that I learned about my nation and the process of discovering what that means.
On my path of reconnecting with my nation, I learned my father is matrilineally Nisga’a from the village of Gingolx and paternally Tsimshian from the village of Lax kw'alaams and belongs to the Lax gibuu (Wolf) clan in the House of the Howling Wolves. The Matrilineal connection to this crest spans beyond time immemorial before colonization.
In the years that followed after reconnecting with my father, I was given the opportunity to meet my O’olie (great grandmother) and experienced more valuable moments that have given me the strength and motivation to discover more about myself and where I come from.
Like others who are still reconnecting with their families and nations in many different forms, we are all being called back by different stories. Like the Gibuu (wolf) howling to the moon, we are alerting our ancestors of our return.
For my O’olie Rose your gentle spirit is always with me
©CarmenRedunante2022
Gibuu Howling
11”x14” prints on art paper
100% made with love
Wolves howl to communicate with each other; their voices can be heard from spaces afar to alert their pack of important news. My piece Gibuu Howling which is embraced with copper, helps to amplify the message. This piece also tells the beginning of a story that marks the moment when the biggest news of my life came; The day that I learned about my nation and the process of discovering what that means.
On my path of reconnecting with my nation, I learned my father is matrilineally Nisga’a from the village of Gingolx and paternally Tsimshian from the village of Lax kw'alaams and belongs to the Lax gibuu (Wolf) clan in the House of the Howling Wolves. The Matrilineal connection to this crest spans beyond time immemorial before colonization.
In the years that followed after reconnecting with my father, I was given the opportunity to meet my O’olie (great grandmother) and experienced more valuable moments that have given me the strength and motivation to discover more about myself and where I come from.
Like others who are still reconnecting with their families and nations in many different forms, we are all being called back by different stories. Like the Gibuu (wolf) howling to the moon, we are alerting our ancestors of our return.
For my O’olie Rose your gentle spirit is always with me
©CarmenRedunante2022