Avis Blackbird

By Executive Assistant | July 26, 2024

Avis Blackbird Artist Gallery Contact Avis Blackbird Bonaparte First Nations, British Columbia I am Secwepemc and Sto:lo with mixed European heritage but was raised without traditional culture in the city. My family was forced to deny their ancestry to hide from residential schools. The inter-generational trauma in our family tree has created so much division.…

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Gary Edward Allen

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | February 7, 2021
Gary Edward Allen, music, poet, singer, songwriter, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Gary Edward Allen Gary Edward Allen Métis Nation of British Columbia Hello, my name is Gary Edward Allen. I am a gay Metis songwriter living with a disability. As of today, I have three published books as well as various poems published in magazines. I am a graduate of Camosun College in Victoria, BC. I…

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