For over a century, the central goals of Canada’s Aboriginal policy were to eliminate Aboriginal governments; ignore Aboriginal rights; terminate the Treaties; and, through a process of assimilation, cause Aboriginal peoples to cease to exist […]
Five years of effort came to fruition Saturday, March 7 with the presentation of Gwaai and Jaalen Edenshaw’s replica of a Haida artistic masterpiece known as “The Great Box”. With the aim of learning as […]
Gaaw Xaad Kil: ‘iinang Hlgaagilda Xaayda Kil: iinang Alaska Xaadas Kil: íinaang English: Pacific herring Latin: Clupea pallasii Glimmering phantoms rise, boiling the surface of the turbid sea. The iinang herring are scrambling toward the light […]
Gaaw Xaad Kil: Stan Hlgaagilda Xaayda Kil: Stan English: Geoduck Latin: Panopea generosa Forty feet below the low tideline, a field of siphons tosses millions of eggs into the blurry summer waters of Haida Gwaii. […]
CCGS Gordon Reid is a 49.9 metre offshore patrol vessel weighing 879 gross tons. Its four Deutz 628 engines can produce 4800 horsepower, propelling Gordon Reid to a maximum speed of 16.5 knots. The vessel […]
Stretching 250 kilometres from north to south, Duuguusd/Daawuuxusda the west coast of Haida Gwaii is remote, jagged, and robust. Rocky pinnacles and battered reefs are neighbours to pocket beaches and sheltered sounds. Because it is […]
It seems like everyone is talking about linang herring these days. After an intense month negotiating the closure of the herring roe fishery in Haida waters, this spring saw large numbers of herring returning to […]
Alaskan Xaadas Kil: K’ask’ud HlGaagilda Xaayda Kil: K‘ayda k’uuxawuu English: Harlequin Duck Latin: Histrionicus histrionicus K’ask’ud are distinguished by their mouse-like calls, but this is just a small part of a large repertoire of interesting […]
Last week, as the disabled cargo ship Simushir drifted closer and closer to Haida Gwaii’s coastline, many Islands residents felt a growing sense of helplessness and frustration. Carrying 500 metric tonnes of bunker fuel and […]
The partially finished copy of the Great Box will return from Oxford on Friday the 10th of October. The new box, which is being carved and painted by brothers Gwaai and Jaalen Edenshaw, features skillful […]
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