Allen, Dennis
Dennis Allen, born 1953 in Shelton Washington USA, is a member of the Skokomish (Twana) Tribe. He is the son of William Allen and Rose Pulsifer (Allen). His grandfather, Henry Allen, was one of the last carvers on the Skokomish Reservation and one of the major informants for an extensive anthropology study of the Twana (Skokomish) people. He learned how to build boats, (which entailed steaming wood). This was his first encounter with bending wood.