Welcome to the House of Himwitsa Native Art Gallery. It's been over 17 years since Lewis & Cathy George created this successful First Nations owned and operated enterprise in Tofino B.C.

Lewis & Cathy spoke with some of the local Elders and came up with the name of "Himwitsa", which is derived from the Nuu Chah Nulth language translating as "Story Telling and the passing of knowledge from Elder to Youth".

The George family comes from the Ahousat Tribe located on Flores Island just 12 miles northwest of Tofino.

Living in the small town of Tofino and the gateway to the Pacific Rim and Clayoquot Sound, Lewis & Cathy watched the small fishing and logging village of Tofino transform into the bustling worldwide attraction for the wildlife and natural beauty and cultural history of the local area. Now, year round we receive visitors from around the world. As we enter into the 21st Century, we have decided that the internet helps make our world that much smaller, as our visitors who never bought those treasures and regret wishing they had, now can from their homes

The Original Artwork by our various Artists have been recognized for their highly elaborate stylizations portraying their cultural oral histories and mythology. We've had Museum Curators choose pieces from the gallery for their Collections. As well as helping provide family histories of Weavers for researchers looking for information for museum exhibits.

We have had great success in shipping pieces as small as a gold ring up to 6-foot totem poles all around the world.

What makes our Art Gallery Different? Being First Nations Owned and Operated, artists prefer to sell their Artwork and have the George family represent their creations. Rather than consignment, the Artist set the prices. What this means is that the price set, is a fair market value and the Artists are compensated fairly. Just browse our Gallery and compare, we are unique - we are First Nations representing First Nations.

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