Indigenous Resources

He is a member of the Keniatze Indian Tribe from the Dena’ina region in South Central Alaska.
"I use nontraditional materials to tell traditional stories that show how people have overcome adversity, or given life from themselves. " - Joel

assembles information on 8000 prints produced by Canadian Inuit artists from 1957 to the present. The information derives from the inspection of prints in many collections. It is not a catalogue of prints in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada: to search for prints in the Gallery's collection, please use Cybermuse.

The characters and environments in Never Alone have been inspired by traditional Alaska Native art – painting, drawing, sculpture, clothing, masks, scrimshaw – and honed through collaboration with Alaska Native elders and artists. This ensures that the look and feel of the game stay faithful to the traditional styles and provide a unique and inspirational visual presentation for Never Alone.