nuukʷin (we sing): (re)connecting to the natural and spiritual worlds through song

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Image credit: UVic

Image: ḥapinyuuk, Tommy Happynook (ḥuuʕiiʔatḥ, Canada), yaa yaa yaa waay yaa huu, 2023. Yellow cedar rounds, elk hide, sinew, ink (photo courtesy of Vern Theroux at Pat Bay Leather supplied materials for the drums. Emily Thiessen at Wachaiy Studios did the screen printing. The drums were made by the artist.)

nuukʷin (we sing): (re)connecting to the natural and spiritual worlds through song

Dates: September 18 – December 6, 2025

Location: Legacy Art Gallery Downtown

Curated by Tommy Happynook, this exhibition is based on his personal connections to his homelands and ancestors. It explores nuučaan̓uł songs as methodology in the continued production of nuučaan̓uł knowledge and teachings that are integral in the continual transfer between humans (čaačaac̓iiʕasʔat, huuʕiiʔat, nuučaan̓ułat, and non-nuučaan̓uł peoples) as well as between humans and the natural (ḥaḥuułi, čaačaac̓iiʕas) and the spiritual (yakʷiimit kʷiyiis nananiqsu) worlds.

Image: ḥapinyuuk, Tommy Happynook (ḥuuʕiiʔatḥ, Canada), yaa yaa yaa waay yaa huu, 2023. Yellow cedar rounds, elk hide, sinew, ink.