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Kwakwaka'wakw artist Ernest Puglas explains how carving saved his life: 'This is powerful'

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Kwakwaka’wakw carver Kuma’inukw (Ernest) Puglas works on a cedar welcome pole at the village of Toq on ‘Cortes Island,’ in 2023. Photo by Forrest Berman-Hatch Editor’s note: The author of this profile sits on the board of the Cortes Community Foundation, which commissioned Puglas’s welcome pole. IndigiNews is honoured to share Puglas’s story. Standing before a crowd of roughly 50 people on “Cortes Island,” carver Kuma’inukw (Ernest) Puglas first…
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IndigiNews broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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