Salmon Stories: Carvings of Resilience and Connection

These western red cedar salmon carvings are installed so that children and visitors can find all 6 salmon carvings throughout the site in a scavenger hunt. These carvings honor the salmon’s cultural and ecological significance to Indigenous communities, while reflecting on themes of resilience, migration, and connection to the land.

About the artist:

Camas Logue is a multidisciplinary artist and enrolled member of the Klamath tribes from the ewksiknii, modokish, and numu people. Logue’s practice includes painting, carving, illustration, design, and performance art.

Logue lives with his family in the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in northwest Washington. Logue’s home studio sits in the Tallawhalt village between Similk bay and the Swinomish Channel.

Logue’s carving style comes from his study of Klamath and Coast Salish design elements and stories. Logue's mentors include Kevin Paul (Swinomish), Brain Perry (S’Klallam), Xwalacktun-Rick Harry (Squamish and Kwakwaka'wakw), and James Johnson (Tlingit). Logue creates carvings for commercial and large scale pieces including poles and tribal community installation projects.