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Haida Film Project

Edge of the Knife: Preparing Props

By Graham Richard — Like any full-length film, the upcoming Haida language feature Edge of the Knife requires a large range of props and Haida craft-makers are hard at work to provide film crews [...]
Marine

OIL TANKER MORATORIUM: LEGISLATION INTRODUCED

Minister of Transport, Marc Garneau introduced Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, to the House of Commons in Ottawa today. The proposed federal legislation formalizes a crude oil tanker moratorium along the coast. The [...]
health

Tll ng.aaysdll IlG̲aayG̲a (make well expert) Sii.ngaay

Indigenous Nurses Day celebrates our hard working Haida nurses that care for all of our citizens and our neighbours on Haida Gwaii. They are the ones who support us and our family members when we [...]
herring

Sk’aal Gaay.ya (sea water getting milty with spawn)

Rhonda Lee McIsaac — Xaana Kaahli Skidegate Inlet is turning a light milky blue along the shorelines. The result of early arrivals of iinang herring which are excitedly releasing their sperm. The tiny thin fish [...]
Haida Film Project

Edge of the Knife: Three to the power of all

Twenty-five actors worked through two weeks of intensive Haida language training at Hl’yaalan ‘Lngee Hiellen Village nestled beside Taaw Tow Hill this past month. Here muskeg drains over a sandy beach which stretches away [...]

Edge of the Knife: Preparing Props