Bill Helin Many Whale Pocket potholder toys-and-games Nyvkh and Ulchi from Siberia

Nyvkh and Ulchi from Siberia

explores the disintegrating Halliday homestead

who made the best moonshine on the coast

She writes a regular cooking column for Yukon

capturing the unique character of BC's exquisite shoreline landscape--a place like nowhere else on earth

Bill Helin Many Whale Pocket potholder toys-and-games Nyvkh and Ulchi from SiberiaPocket Potholder with Many Whale design by Bill Helin. The killer whale is the lord of the oceans and a symbol of long life. It is believed that great chiefs turn into killer whales when they pass on into the nether world. Tsimshian native artist Bill Helin enjoys a very rewarding career as a creative gold engraver, painter, woodcarver, and book illustrator. He loves to paint mythological images to educate people on the history of the Tsimshian nation