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Calvin Hunt (born 1956, Kwakiutl) is a Canadian First Nations artist from Fort Rupert, British Columbia. The Kwakiutl are part of the larger nation Kwakwaka'wakw.

He was born in 1956, He was born to a hereditary Chief of the Kwagu'l people of Fort Rupert. His grandfather is Chief Mungo Martin, who was a head carver at Thunderbird Park in Victoria. He is also a descendant of the renowned Tlingit ethnologist George Hunt. He was apprenticed as a teenager to his second cousin Tony Hunt, an artist and carver. It was his uncle Henry Hunt as well as Tony Hunt who taught him the history and skills to perform traditional Kwagu'l carvings. Among many achievements he is the recipient of the 2009 BC Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art.

Calvin is best known for his creation of traditional canoes, these canoes are used to bring the community together in celebratory voyages. Outside of his work with wood he has also done work with silk screen printing as well as jewelry and stone carving. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Notes[edit]

 * 1) "Man's hobby becomes life's work. (All My Relations)." Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 3, June 2003
 * 2) "Awards celebrate B.C. First Nations art: Raven's Eye: special section providing news from BC & Yukon." Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 4, July 2009
 * 3) "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

Sources[edit]

 * Hunt, Ross (2007) "The Hunt Family's Trip to West Germany to Attend the Bundesgarten Show." Anthropology News, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 20–21.
 * Macnair, Peter L., Alan L. Hoover, and Kevin Neary (1984) The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art. Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre.
 * Gordon, Naomi. "Man's hobby becomes life's work. (All My Relations)." Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 3, June 2003, p. S19. Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A104243300/PPDS?u=s8405248&sid=bookmark-PPDS&xid=a4379013. Accessed 20 May 2022.
 * "Awards celebrate B.C. First Nations art: Raven's Eye: special section providing news from BC & Yukon." Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 4, July 2009, pp. 14+. Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A203496836/PPDS?u=s8405248&sid=bookmark-PPDS&xid=37118c78. Accessed 20 May 2022.