BC commissioned a Yellow cedar aal from artist Yaahl ‘Aadaa (Cori Savard). The paddle will be presented as a gift from the Province to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge by Premier Christy Clark on 26 September 2016. Yaahl ‘Aadaa’s design is of classic Haida formline and incorporates a painted Read more…
Weaver Kujuuhl Evelyn Vanderhoop was invited to the port city of Thessaloniki, Greece to present workshops and a lecture in conjunction with the travelling exhibition Haida: Life, Spirit, Art, being held at the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Kujuuhl traveled with Dr. Leslie Tepper, Ethnologist and Curator at the Canadian Museum Read more…
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 a five-foot wide naaxiin Chilkat robe. The robe features a design that likely portrays Hiilang.nga thunderbird. This Read more…
Many secrets loom beneath the surface of the K‘aygang.nga, the canon of Haida ancestral stories. From the time of the glaciers, 14,000 year ago, Kuuniisii our ancestors preserved these records by passing them into the current generation. Through an intergenerational custom of rigorous discipline, historical experts learned to recite the Read more…
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 Tyler York as he carefully evens out the cheek on one of the gyaagang’s monumental Read more…
By Tawla Jaad — The Patrick McGuire exhibit opened at the Haida Gwaii Museum July 10th. The moving exhibit showcases the art of the late Patrick McGuire and was curated by Patrick’s niece, Michaela McGuire. McGuire was born in Skidegate in 1943 and passed away in 1970, at the young Read more…
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 entrance of their school on June 12. The ceremony started with a powerful Gaagiixid dance Read more…
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 designs copied from the original masterpiece onto a new bentwood cedar box.The Edenshaws worked on Read more…