Photo story | by Guillermo lam

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- created a. half-inch dent. still visible beneath his_

thinning shoulder-length grey hair. cae ote

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lower left leg as he and a .
his feot, another struck him.on the head. and a Immot . coleague were preparing to hospital a ‘fellow I. knew.
dump: it into a river. : )

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how 1 did it, but I got out of —

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asked me:

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that | a “benign and ‘good.
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“ showed him my leg and |

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: must have been a painful —

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Ironically, he still -is.very.
‘much in love with logs. In
sutround him -
inside his combination store-_
workshop: at 407 West ‘1st
Street, near Forbes. in North .
Vancouver.

_-fact,. they

The shop is compact. .In-

one corner. ‘numerous .thun-

_ derbirds, ceremonial masks,
and. masks believed capable
of warding off evil spirits are .

piled into a. pyramid.

-. Located v within easy y access
-ona long work table are more
10° different types of.

"well-worn carving knives.

‘just - use

“When. ‘one. gets: dull,” 1
another one,”’
-explained, Natrall, one of the .

Squamish — ‘Indian | _Band’s
_ elder statesme on.
. ROUGH CEDAR ©

“On this day, he was. seated
' between” the pyramid | of |
~ figures”, and the work’ table:
~ He reached towards the table
for .a‘,rough piece of © Ted
~ cedar, about a foot-long. .

| He held it for a ‘while i in his -
“right: hand. And when asked.
when he started carving,
_ Natrall extended his left leg. ©
and with. a sharp. blow: he
struck. the piece of cedar

against. it. Solid wood,

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$55 Burrard Street. 1760 Morine Or.
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“T started . when 1 got ‘last | several years, che» “has
this,” -referring to his foot: - telied more on his old age
-which. was :amputated six. pension and war veteran’s

- inches above the ankle-as a. fund. totalling about $238 per
result of his Jogging. mishap: - - _ month. meh
in 1952.” | . nr

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