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Now is the Time
On this day 50 years ago Haida raised the first gya’aang cedar monument at Gaw Tlagee in close to a century. The day marked the resurgence of a carving tradition Haida have developed since the […]
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Warm Feet at the G̲aw Youth Centre
Ileah Mattice The soft leather lays on the table and the thread spills from the spool as crafters eagerly pull thread through slender needles. The fall season is the perfect time to stay in with […]
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Sahgwii X̲aana K̲aahlii Ngaaysdll Naay GyaaG̲ang
Rhonda Lee McIsaac with Graham Richard With over 500 people pulling together Xaana Kaahlii Ngaaysdll Naay GyaaGang Skidegate Inlet Healing House Monumental Pole rose slowly to stand high. For the first time in 200 years, a monumental […]
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Young Haida Artists Rise to the Top
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Haida artists and artisans are renowned for their fine weaving, sharp lines, balanced negative space, and a keen eye for details. Jurors have been busy examining their work and tallying the scores. […]
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Art Is Not Without Sacrifice
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Naad Kaa, Wang Roger Edward Smith of the Tsaalth Laanaas clan began drawing Haida form line in grade 8 and is now a second-year student at the Freda Diesing School of Northwest […]
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Haida Now!
Saahlinda Naay’s Haida Gwaii Museum’s former Curator Kwiiaawah Jones and current Museum Director Jisgang Nika Collison celebrated the opening of ‘Haida Now’ on March 15. The exhibit features over 450 Haida works at the Museum […]
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Art as a means to self-discovery
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Janine Gibbons, a Haida illustrator from Petersburg Alaska recently came to Haida Gwaii to share her illustrations from two children’s books; The Woman Who Married a Bear and The Woman Carried Away […]
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Naxiin – Teaching the Teacher
By Rhonda Lee McIsaac — In an intimate ceremony at Saahlinda Naay Haida Gwaii Museum last night, weaver, Jaad Kuujus Meghann O’Brien, carefully cut a cashmere apron from the loom’s beam upon which it was […]
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High Art and Dashing Good Looks
Graham Richard- One-hundred best-dressed collectors competed at the 4th Annual Haida Gwaii Museum Gala fundraiser on September 30. Excitement built as donors anticipated bidding for their favourites of the 43 artworks arrayed around Naagudgiikyaagangs Skidegate […]
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Sioux Quilt Links Worlds
Graham Richard — Delegates from the World Wildlife Fund visited Haida Gwaii this September. The 11 visitors were part of the Northern Great Plains Tribal Wildlife Conservation. The conservation group partners with governments, ranchers, and […]