Culture
A Time for Rebirth and Growth
Rhonda Lee McIsaac The winter solstice is upon us. The colder weather has resulted in clear skies at night punctuated by the stars that twinkle in the darkness of space. Xuuya Raven stole the light […]
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Wellness
Dii guudang.ngaay xuusda Shattered by grief
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Guudang.ngaay xuusda grief is a deep sorrow that drifts throughout the communities like fog around Haida Gwaii. It wraps us up and consumes us and can take us afar in memories, emotions, […]
Community
Composting, Community, and Growing Food on Haida Gwaii
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Resilient and colourful winter kale sprouts from the garden beds covered in eel grass mulch in early December. Gathered in amongst the raised garden beds at the Skidegate Health Centre, a group […]
Marine
Chiixuu tll iinaasdll Nurturing Seafood to Grow
Graham Richard Kelp forests have provided for as long as can be remembered. These rich and beautiful ecosystems are thick with a diversity of life and protect vulnerable, young fish as they grow. Kelp forests […]
Film
Waaydanaa Now Is the Time
Rhonda Lee McIsaac In a new 16-minute film Haida director and animator Waats’daa Christopher Auchter brings his gift of storytelling through visual arts to the screen once again. Now is the Time is a re-telling […]
Uncategorized
Gwaay Taan spotted this fall
Rhonda Lee McIsaac What is big, black, orange, and wanders in the woods? Gwaay Taan, of course! “Gwaay Taan” is the cub captured along with his sister in November 2017. They were sent to the […]
Books
Haida Writes
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Continuing with oral narratives and story-telling traditions, Haida writers have been contributing to Indigenous literature in many genres over many decades. Here is a small list of Kuugin guu gina K’aalang.ngas books […]
Marine
TANG.GWAN SIIWAAY KUUYADA DII (Xaayda kil) | SIIGEE TLA KAGANDANGS (Xaad kil) PROTECTING THE OCEAN
The Council of the Haida Nation is collaborating with the federal and provincial governments to protect and manage the ocean in Haida territorial waters. One of these initiatives plans for a Marine Protected Area (MPA) […]
Basketball
2020 All Native Basketball Challenge
Skil Jaadee White For more than six decades, basketball has played a huge part in our experience as Haida. If you don’t play the sport yourself, you surely have family and friends who play in […]
Haida Language
Sharing, Learning and Laughing in Xaad kil
Graham Richard August 13-17, the Rediscovery Camp at T’aalan Stl’ang Lepas Bay hosted 39 participants including Elders, students, teachers, learners, babies, mentors, and apprentices of the Haida language. Rediscovery Camps started at T’aalan Stl’ang on […]