Tyler York
Occupations

Tyler York (StllnG̲a)[1] is a Haida woodcarver and actor from Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada.[2][3] He is most noted for his performance in the Haida-language film Edge of the Knife (SG̲aawaay Ḵʹuuna), for which he won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2018.[4]

As a carver, York was an apprentice under Jaalen Edenshaw, working together on a totem pole for the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site — first new totem pole to be erected in the park in over a century.[2]

York also plays basketball, where he is a "crowd favorite and fierce competitor".[1]

For the film Edge of the Knife, he and the rest of the cast learned the Haida language, in a 2-week training camp and throughout the 5 weeks of filming.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "It's more than just Basketball". Council of the Haida Nation. February 2, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Shaun Thomas (November 15, 2012). "Work underway to raise first totem pole in Gwaii Haanas in more than a century". The Northern View.
  3. ↑ "To lay the copper on the floor". Council of the Haida Nation. November 1, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards Haida-language Edge of the Knife". CityNews. January 8, 2019.
  5. ↑ Graham Richard (July 7, 2017). ""Breath is where it all starts"". Council of the Haida Nation. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Edge of the Knife: Three to the power of all". Council of the Haida Nation. 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.


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