Norman Tait

Norman Tait (May 20, 1941 – May 21, 2016[1]) was a Nisga'a First Nations sculptor and totem pole carver from northwestern British Columbia, Canada.

His father Josiah Tait, was also a carver, and his great-grandfather was Chief Alfred Watson Mountain, Sganism Sim'oogit.

[1] Tait was a member of the House of Luuya'as of the Laxsgiik (Eagle clan) and holds or has held the hereditary titles Na'ax-lax, Gawaakhl, and Naawootkw Lik'inskw lax galts'ap, the last meaning "Grizzly Bear Coming onto the Village."

[2] Many of these stand in British Columbia, including poles in Port Edward, Lax Kw'alaams, and Alert Bay.

He began teaching Turner in 1991, and they subsequently collaborated on many carvings, including two major commissions for the Vancouver Stock Exchange.