CULTURAL GROUP:
Tlingit/Tahltan

BORN:
October 13, 1958

BIRTHPLACE:
Atlin, BC

Wayne Carlick is a member of the Raven Clan, and is from the Xooxhitan House. He began his career in 1992 working with Tahltan/Tlingit carver Dempsey Bob. Between 1993-97, he worked with Tsimshian/Tahltan/Tlingit carver James Lewis on several large poles. Wayne works on masks, bowls, spoons, regalia, and prints. In 1998, he made a 35-foot red cedar seagoing canoe. Wayne also leads a dance group that puts on two to three performances a day in the summer.