About
Shawn Brigman, PhD is a Spokane Tribal Member and a descendant of the snʕáyckst (Sinixt), ql̓ispé (Kalispel), and Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc (Shuswap), all three of which are historically documented as employing bark sturgeon-nose canoes. Since 2012, he has sculpted several ancestral bark sturgeon-nose canoes, one historical canvas sturgeon-nose canoe, and thirty contemporary SALISHAN STURGEON NOSE CANOES—a novel design he established in 2013. As the owner and founder of Spokane-based SALISHAN STURGEON NOSE CANOES, his goals are to increase awareness and opportunities for Plateau canoe artists to teach, preserve, present, and protect the integrity of ancestral bark sturgeon-nose canoes. He aims to safeguard these and his contemporary line of canoes from cultural appropriation and extraction.
Phone Contact: (208) 874-2385
Email Contact: cmtus.sturgeon@gmail.com
IN THE SPIRIT Contemporary Native Arts: People's Choice Awards 2020
Article Link: North Columbia Monthly Magazine March 2016 (pg. 12)
Article Link: North Columbia Monthly Magazine February 2019 (pg. 10)
Through Our Eyes Radio Show with Eric Dais, KSFR 101.1 FM Santa Fe Public Radio