sƛ̓ xẹ tkʷ artist in residence Inanna McCarty hopes to use her time at Spokane Falls Community College to showcase her Native heritage

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Inanna McCarty is Spokane Falls Community College’s first Indigenous artist in residence.

Last December, Inanna McCarty applied and was accepted to Spokane Falls Community College’s sƛ̓ xẹ tkʷ artist-in-residence program. This new residency focused on showcasing and uplifting Indigenous art is the first of its kind in the region.

The program also marks a few firsts for McCarty, who also goes by her tribal name, kaowiš tyee. The artist is from the waa and Tsawout First Nations village and a descendant of both Nuu-chah-nulth and Coast Salish families who

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