 This led him to enrol at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art in 1969, studying jewellery under Jack Leyland, wood carving under Duane Pasco and Doug Cranmer, and attended seminars on Northwest Coast graphic design given by Bill Holm.He was eventually named senior carving instructor for the period 1972- 1985.Harris and his wife, Sadie, had five children and twenty grandchildren.