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Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016
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SEQUIM GAZETTE
Dale Faulstich, master carver for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, above, makes one of his masks talk in his home. He retired on Jan. 8, after 22 years working full-time with the tribe. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash The totem at the Longhouse Market & Deli, left, is one of more than 60 totems that Faulstich designed and helped carve for the tribe during his tenure. Photo courtesy of Dale Faulstich
Carving a career out of history Faulstich retires, training the next generation’s Master Carver
by MATTHEW NASH
He continued, “Our hope is that these poles will cause all who see them to have a deeper appreciation and respect for our people, culture and contributions to our community. These Totems welcome now and for generations to come all visitors and guests to our territory, the gateway to our beautiful Olympic Peninsula.”
Sequim Gazette
For 20-plus years, Dale Faulstich, 65, has put a face, or faces, to the stories of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. The soft-spoken, non-native artist from Missouri has It’s the getting there served as the tribe’s Master Prior to moving to the area Carver since 1994 designing in 1974, Faulstich served four and helping create totem years active duty with the U.S. poles, masks, signs and more Coast Guard and two years in in an official capacity for “The the reserves before the lure Strong People.” of the Olympic Peninsula But last week, Faulstich brought him here. retired on Jan. 8 from his He opened an art gallery 50-60 hour weekly routine to on 3 Crabs Road, which later pursue other artistic passions became a commercial sign with plans to do some ocshop. His friendship with casional work with the tribe. Allen segued his career into “I spent my entire adult life doing art for the sake of Carving pieces like this killer whale at the Jamestown making signs and designs for money,” he said. “Now I’m S’Klallam Tribe’s Tribal Campus is the easist part of the the tribe in the 1980s and the going to do art for the sake process, says Dale Faulstich. He’s spent thousands of hours announcement of 7 Cedars Casino opening in the 1990s of fun. It feels wonderful. I researching the stories for the totems in his career. Photo courtesy of Dale Faulstich brought Faulstich into fullhave no idea what I’m going time tenure with the tribe. to make.” To hone his skills and be The iconic art Faulstich has made remains everyday fixtures for those driving through as accurate as possible, Faulstich spent thousands of hours Blyn, Sequim and Dungeness. He’s designed and helped carve researching the styles and history of the tribe. There’s been a more than 60 totem poles including the 10 poles in and around lot of trial and error, he said, and the hardest part is coming 7 Cedars Casino with its center pole at the entrance his first up with the totem’s stories. Depending on the piece, Faulstich will create a totem using project in his full-time role for the tribe. “I thought it was going to be a temporary contract, maybe written history or oral stories to design it. “People interviewed weren’t always storytellers so sometake six months, but 22 years later here I am,” he said. His designs continue to welcome visitors and/or share the times you have to combine them and make them legible,” tribe’s history following different styles from the Oregon/ he said. Faulstich said he fits the story of each piece such as “healing” Washington coastline to Southeast Alaska. Tribal Chairman W. Ron Allen said in Faulstich’s book “To- for the totem pole at the Jamestown Family Health Clinic or tem Poles of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe” that the poles the totem about “how fire came to be” at the Blyn Fire Station. Once he’s finished the story, then he’ll design the totem, “remind our citizens of their history and heritage and to create a memorable experience for our visitors and guests.” See CARVER, B-10
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