Adanchilla Pauls

Salmon are medicine 
24k gold, bugle, and seed beads,
sequins, semi precious stones, melton wool
8.5” x 12” // $5,500

The salmon are such a key and vital part of many First Nation communities. When the salmon return to their grounds hundreds will die as well, these salmon support the land nourishment, all the little plants and animals up the whole food and animal chain. I wanted this piece to represent that with the salmon, caribou, ground, mountains, sky and sun.
I also wanted this piece to represent our traditional land and the beauty of our lands.
Our hunting camps, fish camps, harvest camps. Places where you meet and learn culture, traditions, stories and so much knowledge and memories that last more than a life time.
Passed on from generation to generation.

Indigenous pride flag vol.2 🏳️‍🌈♥️

18” x 26”
24k gold, bugle, and seed beads, sequins, semi precious stones, melton wool, ermine. 
$6,600.0

The piece is a representation of who we are and where we come from as indigenous people from the land, hunting, fishing, berry picking ,traditional teaching’s and are generations(family). I hope indigenous folks will look at this peice and see themselves represented culturally in this pride flag. 🏳️‍🌈indigenous lgbtqs+2s+ deserve to be in cultural spaces, deserve to be held with respect and love like everyone else. We are also knowledge keepers, protectors, practicing our culture, teaching our culture , learning our culture, apart of community and family.

We all deserve to feel safe and respected in our communities ♥️ We are resilient, strong beautiful people.

Never doubt your worth or who you are – you matter, you are loved, you are here!

I will forever hold space and uphold all LQBTQ+2S+ people including and especially my fellow indigenous people. ♥️

I am beyond proud and happy with this peice ♥️ I hope if you’re in community you can see yourself represented in some way and feel seen.

I’m from the land

8.5” x 12”
24k gold, bugle, and seed beads, sequins, semi precious stones, molten wool.
$7,700.0

I’m from the land,
when i walk’
when i talk, my ancestors live through me
Generation to generation
Knowledge to knowledge
I am my people
I am my culture
I am our stories
I am our community
I am our land
I am our water
I am the change
I am the grief
I am the pride
I am the future

As an indigenous person, I have been taught by my mother, family and community that I am from the land. It is our collective job to take care of our plant (our mother), through the teaching of listening, respect, love and compassion are strong characteristics.I represent my people, with my actions, my words, how I show up in the world, it is a direct representation of my people.

I carry the knowledge of my ancestors from thousands of years as well my new knowledge of this world today.

I am proud of my people,
I am proud of my community,
I am proud to be indigenousA break down of the peice I was wanting to make this so Yukon First Nation could get seen including all indigenous people.
The line through the peice is the line from a map of the Yukon river where many Yukon First Nations reside by.
The northern lights represent the vibrancy of our culture and who we come from also representing our ancestors.
The person represents inland Tlingit people and the beauty of dancing, ceremony and culture as well seen in all indigenous nations.
The dry meat and salmon represent the beauty of our traditional teachings, only take what you need, respecting all living things, feeding communities and family members, the nutriment that we get from traditional foods. Caribou represents the migration, trails, hunts that we and they have co inhabited with for thousands of years.  The blue colour represents our water and what a key part water is in all our lives.
The tan represents the shores and land. 

Adanchilla is my traditional name which means strong, powerful little women. I come from the Tahltan and Tlingit Nations and am a proud member of the champagne & Ashiaik First Nations. I was born and raised in the Yukon and am proud to still call home. I first picked up beads at the age of six years old and really fell in love with the art form at eight years old. I have been taught by the matriarchs and aunties in my communities.

I am so grateful I have been taught by many talented beaders. I have been beading for 12 years almost daily. My beadwork is a huge outlet for my mental health, cultural connection, and connecting to my community. Beadwork is a big part of my identity and who I am.

As I grow, learn and create more, I hope to do bigger beaded pieces as well as collections in fashion and wearable art. I hope my work can uplift my community and other communities. Since I started I have always hoped my art makes people feel confident, beautiful and inspired.