Killer Whale Plaque #2

William Willie Nahanee was born November 15, 1941 in Vancouver, and grew up on Mission Reserve No. 1. For ten years, he was sent with his siblings, to St. Paul’s Indian Residential School in North Vancouver. During this challenging period, he became an active and accomplished boxer with St. Paul’s Athletic Club, later renamed Totem Athletic Club. This sport became a passion that followed him into adulthood. He is a member of the Squamish Nation and a long-time aboriginal cultural educator. His ancestral name is Kwel-a-nexw.

A beautifully hand-carved and finished Killer Whale Plaque from yellow cedar by William Nahanee of the Squamish Nation in North Vancouver, BC.

Measures: 12.5" x 5"