Chief Janice George

Chepximiya Siyam’ Chief Janice George graduated from Capilano University, North Vancouver BC, and the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA. She feels her education at these schools helped her excel as a teacher, adding to her most important and cherished traditional teachings. She is a hereditary chief, trained museum curator and educator. George most recently was artist in residence with the Indigo Arts Alliance in April 2023. George is a textile artist and brought back Coast Salish Weaving to Squamish people along with her husband. Public art includes, co designer of soon to be new Vancouver Art Gallery facade, Arcteryx Park Royal Art designer, N’Chkay new office art designer, Simon Fraser interior design with Urban Arts Architecture Vancouver.

Janice also has collaborations with the Burritt Brothers for hand knotted and commercial carpeting murals around Vancouver. As well as weavings in Simon Fraser University, Arcteryx Park Royal, Squamish and Lilwat Cultural Centre, among many others.

“In this short time of my weaving life, a few of my mentors have left this earth. Their breath is carried on in the teachings I pass on. I feel and see the pride that comes from reclaiming our inheritance from our elders and ancestors when we weave and when we wear our beloved weavings. We are taught spiritual protection is part of what we are wearing and feel the love that is put in each hand movement it takes to make a robe.” 

-from indigo arts alliance