Panel depicting Raven and Sky People, David A. Boxley, Alaskan Tsimshian

Panel depicting Raven and Sky People, 2016 by David A. Boxley, Alaskan Tsimshian 47.5" high x 59.5" wide x 1.25" deephand carved red cedar, pigment Legend of Raven and Sky PeopleOnce the earth had no daylight. Raven had put fish in the rivers, and fruit trees on the land, but he was saddened by the darkness. The Sun, the Stars and the Moon at that time were kept in bentwood boxes by a chief in the sky. The Raven came to a hole in the sky and went through. He came to a spring where the chief's daughter would fetch water. He changed himself into a cedar sprig and floated on the water. When the girl drank from spring she swallowed the sprig without noticing and became pregnant. A boy child was born which was really Raven. Though this was a strange happening, the chief fell in love with his grandson. The toddler begged to play with each of the Chief's bentwood boxes that contained the light. Raven child was allowed to play with the stars, the moon, and the sun, but when the chief turned hi