Sammy Dawson
CULTURAL GROUP:
Kwakwaka’wakw
BORN:
December 21, 1976
BIRTHPLACE:
Vancouver, BC
Sammy Dawson (Giyosdisalas – “Arriving From the Beach”) grew up watching his grandfather, William Robertson, carve masks, boxes, and talking sticks for potlatches. Sammy worked with Simon Dick beginning in 2001 and carver and jeweller, Ed McDougall. He carves miniature and ceremonial masks, drums, and bentwood boxes. Aside from carving and painting, Sammy performs with the Kwakwaka'wakw Dancers, based in Alert Bay.
