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Native crafts people get top price

_ Wood carvings displayed in the
store are done by Doug La For-
tune, Dan Bill, Ben Pelkey, Darryl
Baker Jr, Lexi Underwood, Riko
Underwood, Tommy Paul, Joe Syl-
vester, Glen Webster, Perry La
Fortune, Charles Elliott and Kor-
key Bartleman.

Cowichan style knitted sweaters,
bags, gloves, hats, toques and pon-
chos come from the four Peninsula
Teserves and from reserves near

Duncan and Ladysmith.

The La Fortune family produce
silkscreen T-shirts and sweat shirts
using designs by Doug La Fortune,
Francis La Fortune and Tom La
Fortune.

Riko Underwood and Lexi
Underwood produce prints and
original drawings for the store.

There is silver jewelry and bead
work from area crafts people plus
stone-set silver jewelry from a
reservation near Gallup, New
Mexico.

A year of planning and work
went into the store before it opened
on February 28.

Bob Pelkey constructed most of
the building last summer and both
Bob and Candee finished the
inside of the store. A friend pro-
vided a professional quality paint
job.

They also spent a year collecting
work for the store. Now they get
people coming in offering their
work, Calvo said.

They named the store W,TIXES
SWI,MALE, meaning Little Saa-
nich Mountain Store. In the com-

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UNIQUE NATIVE ART, like this mask carved by Lexi
Underwood, is sold in the native-owned W,TIXES SWI,MALE
‘Siore on the Tsawout Reserve. Candee Calvo (above) and

ing year they hope to expand the
building, so weaving and leather
work can be added to the crafts.

ARMY NAVY and

Bob Pelkey opened the store Jast February.

by Valorie Lennox
Whe Review

It’s a family affair, a native-
owned store selling the work of
low and regional native crafts
people.

Many of the talented crafts peo-
ple who sell through the store are
relatives or friends of store owners
Bob Pelkey and Candee Calvo.

“We give them their highest
price,” Calvo said, explaining that
some non-native outlets pay little
_ for the crafts and then sell the
«work at a 200 to 400 per cent
mark-up.

Pelkey and Calvo pay the asking
price for crafts and accept a lower
mark-up, so the crafts person gets
50 per cent or more of the asking
price.

“People are becoming aware
that our prices are competitive and
are tax-free,” Calvo said.

Located on the Tsawout Reserve
beside the road leading to the KOA

campground, the store is patro-

nized by visitors and by local
residents. A sign on the Pat Bay
_ Highway also directs people to the

Store.
In addition to giving good prices

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for crafts, Calvo said the store also
displays the work being done by
people on the reserve, so other
reserve residents can appreciate
the local talent.

Among the featured artists are

In addition to the crafts, they
carry fireworks, pop, chips, candy
and novelty ice-cream. Once the
store is expanded, they hope to
carry some groceries and ciga-
rettes to serve the reserve, the
mobile home park and the camp-

ground.

‘People are becoming aware that
our prices are compeliifive and are
tax-free’

soapstone carvers Keith Willis,
Ben Pelkey, Michael Pelkey and
Herb Pelkey. Two of the carvers
are nephews and two are brothers
of store owner Bob Pelkey.

The store is open from 9 a.m.
until 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday
and from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m.
Friday and Saturday at 2704-KOA
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