This sculpture is a tribute to the legend of the Black Tusk Mountain. To the Squamish people, the Black Tusk is known as t’ak’t’ak mu’yin tl’a in7in’a’xe7en, meaning “Landing Place of the Thunderbird.”

The legend is that the jagged shape and black colouring of the Black Tusk is due to the Thunderbird’s lightning, or as another account goes, by the Thunderbird’s talons that crashed into the peak. This Thunderbird points towards the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre.