By Julie Chadwick and Cara McKenna Local Journalism Initiative  A showcase by the Snuneymuxw family design house Ay Lelum at New York Fashion Week paid tribute to their relative W. Joel Good ts’usqinuxun after the artist passed away suddenly. The show on Sept. 7 opened with an onstage screen that played a video of Good working on a carving with guidance from his father. “I’m old school,” he said as he carefully sanded and shaped the wood. “Sometimes I end up designing some of the pieces or sometimes he does a design, and then if he’s already done a design I’ll just jump in and help where I can.” As the video faded out, the sound of soft Coast Salish music by his sisters filled the room as models began

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