Kimberly Fulton Orozco
Insecure Mix, Kiidk’yaas Story, 55, T’suuwii Means “Heart of a Tree” (Protect What Is Ancient and Golden), 2023
Giclée print & watercolor on 300 gsm Canson Photographique
5 x 7 inches
12.7 x 17.8 cm
12.7 x 17.8 cm
Series: Insecure Mixtapes (Time is Marked by the Beat)
Price on request
Kiidk’yaas means “ancient tree” in Xaad Kíl. It was the name of a sacred golden spruce tree. As the story goes, when the ancient people had mistreated each other, the...
Kiidk’yaas means “ancient tree” in Xaad Kíl. It was the name of a sacred golden spruce tree. As the story goes, when the ancient people had mistreated each other, the creator was angered and buried the entire village in snow.
"An old man and a boy hid under a cedar plank till they heard a bird call," Mr. Guujaaw said. The only two survivors of the village ran up the Yakoun River, and the old man told the boy not to look back. He did anyway, and because he disobeyed, he was turned into a tree. ''It was said that the tree would then be admired until the last generation,'' said Mr. Guujaaw.
