With help from friends, colleagues and members of his community in Oregon, Rick Bartow (Wiyot/Mad River Band), shares the progress of carving an old-growth Western Cedar from Washington state into the sculpture "We Were Always Here," which features Bear and Raven, Healer and Rascal, from the region’s traditional creation stories.
Rick Bartow
Credit: Charles Froelick, Froelick Gallery in Portland, Ore.