Learning about Native American art

January 13, 2026 2:30 pm
Storyteller, educator and artist Roger Fernandes of the Lower Elwha S’Klallum tribe recently visited Northwood Elementary School third-graders who gathered as a group in the school’s commons to learn how Native Americans created paint from charcoal. Students then painted a salmon they had traced earlier on a plank of wood. Fernandes is visiting third-graders in all four elementary schools this year through grants from the Mercer Island Schools Foundation. Photo courtesy of the Mercer Island School District
Storyteller, educator and artist Roger Fernandes of the Lower Elwha S’Klallum tribe recently visited Northwood Elementary School third-graders who gathered as a group in the school’s commons to learn how Native Americans created paint from charcoal. Students then painted a salmon they had traced earlier on a plank of wood. Fernandes is visiting third-graders in all four elementary schools this year through grants from the Mercer Island Schools Foundation. Photo courtesy of the Mercer Island School District

Storyteller, educator and artist Roger Fernandes of the Lower Elwha S’Klallum tribe recently visited Northwood Elementary School third-graders who gathered as a group in the school’s commons to learn how Native Americans created paint from charcoal. Students then painted a salmon they had traced earlier on a plank of wood. Fernandes is visiting third-graders in all four elementary schools this year through grants from the Mercer Island Schools Foundation. Photo courtesy of the Mercer Island School District

Photo courtesy of the Mercer Island School District

Photo courtesy of the Mercer Island School District