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Who We Are

The Tsm'syen people are makers of traditional cultural artwork for thousands of years.
With a rich history of story and performance the art form was hugely intertwined with the feast system. Spanning a large territory in northern BC the Tsm'syen continue to live as an oceangoing people harvesting seafood and wild meat for sustenance. 
Artworks are created to be visual law;  depicting migrations, marriages, war and land ownership.
​Our cultivation of long term survival for our people was through careful management of the ecosystem. We find new ways to honor this relationship while living within cityscapes, new ways of living that interact indigenously with the land.




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Who I Am

Morgan Asoyuf (née Green) was born March 24, 1984 in Prince Rupert BC. Morgan is Ts'msyen Eagle Clan from Ksyeen River (Prince Rupert area), BC. Her Lineage is Lax Giik, XGiik , Gitando (people of the weir net), Githo'on (the salmon eaters)

Morgan’s artistic career started with a Blanche Macdonald Centre Fashion Design Diploma in 2003, and an interest in painting Ts’msyen Designs. She studies wood sculpture with Henry Green and Phil Gray, and enjoys teaching the art form in varied settings. She is currently employed as an auxiliary goldsmith instructor with Vancouver Community College as well as teaching art at the Kilala Lelum Native Health Centre on the downtown eastside of Vancouver.

She took Bronze Casting at The Crucible art compound in Oakland, where industry professionals taught her both investment mold and sand casting.

In 2010 Morgan studied at Vancouver Metal Art School under Gerold Mueller, a goldsmith from Pforzheim Germany. She received diplomas in both Jewelry Design and Stone Cutting, learning special techniques such as hollow construction, custom stone cutting, and advanced soldering.

Morgan has studied design and engraving with Richard Adkins, and completed Gem Setting courses at Revere Academy, San Francisco.