Celebration 2004 featured a new stage backdrop (left) designed by artist Robert Davis, who described it this way:

"The design is based on a cross between a house-front design and a cedar box design; both containers for very special things. The traditional tribal houses were not thought of as mere constructions; rather they were considered alive, with spirits of their own. The design is done in a traditional style characteristic of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Indians. It does not represent any crest or creature in particular, but symbolizes the culture of our people, like the house concept, it is a living thing. The gradient toward the top suggests that the design is still being developed, as our culture continues its own evolution. The man depicted in the center with his body servicing as a doorway, represents the people themselves. The statement is that one enters our culture, not simply through archeology, anthropology or museumology, but through its living people."

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