I had a very interesting and personal day of research for my project.  While looking for contemporary indigenous musicians, I stumbled upon the SoundCloud site of one of my childhood best friend’s younger brother. Dean Hunt (a.k.a DJ Deano) is a member of an “Indigenous Audio-Visual crew” called Skookum Sound System based in Sechelt, BC.  After further research, I found that he is also doing First Nations carving as his father, J. Bradley Hunt, did while we were growing up. I was able to find that my childhood friend, Shawn Hunt, is also involved in many fine arts media including carving, painting, sculpture, and jewelry. It looks like he is doing very well, as he received the British Columbia Creative Achievement Award in 2011 and has exhibited his work at the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the McCord Museum in Montreal, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and the Bill Reid Gallery and Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver.

Looks like it’s time to get reacquainted with them!