The Sealaska Heritage Institute welcomed home a long-lost treasure this past December. Weavers, carvers, painters and the curious gathered at the clan house in the Walter Soboleff building in Juneau to witness the unveiling of […]
By Graham — Work on United Pole at Gya K’id Naay Carving House at Kay Llnagaay is progressing faster than anticipated. “We should be finished in two and a half months,” speculated apprentice carver StllnGa […]
A unique chiefly robe and a private ceremony made public, gave visitors and Islanders a glimpse into the intimate world of weavers. Artist Kujuuhl Evelyn Vanderhoop presented her most recent Naaxiin robe Friday, August 21 […]
Graham Richard — Dancing and singing recommenced in the afternoon on Tuesday, June 30, starting with a welcome by the Heiltsuk hereditary leaders. Then Heiltsuk children flooded the floor as they started the day. Their […]
By Graham Richard. Photos by Tawla Jaad — Figures are beginning to take shape on the ‘United’ pole in Tluu Naay Canoe house, at Ḵay Llnagaay. Chip-by-chip, slender cedar slices fall away and collect in the newly created […]
By Graham Richard — This June eighty Haida traversed an ancient trade route, retraced infinitely by coastal ancestors over thousands of years: the inside passage. The group was on their way to a peace treaty […]
By Tawla Jaad — Last Friday evening, Hltaaxuulang Guud Ad K’aaju was joined by Te Tini A Maui in a song and dance presentation as part of the second evening celebrating the annual Skidegate Days. […]
By Tawla Jaad — The students of Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay welcomed the students of Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary, Agnus L. Mathers Elementary and members of the community to witness the raising of two totem poles at the […]
By Graham Richard — Locals welcomed a large logging truck carrying a 54-foot cedar log into the carving shed at the Haida Heritage Center Monday, May 25. The log was off-loaded and set on blocks. […]
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 […]
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