Rhonda Lee McIsaac At the village of Hl’yaalan ‘Lngee and in the shadow of Taaw Tl’ajuu, nearly 30 men from various nations came together to learn, heal, and support one another this summer. It was the third year of the Men’s Health Gathering, facilitated by Chee Mamuk and is part Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Who knew that xaaguu halibut heads were hard as rocks? Nuni Lily Brown did. Many large xaaguu heads crackled and creaked under the pressure of her hands and sharp knife skills. She had passed this knowledge down to her son, Dullskin Brown, and this week he showed Read more…
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. In this year’s round of art prizes, two major competitions have recognized the works of Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Constable Robert Campbell of the Anishnaubek Police Services completed the 246 kilometre walk from Gaw to HlGaagilda in three days. Campbell is accompanied by Tony Malakos from Peterborough, Ontario. On their journey from Gaw they stayed in Gamadiis Port Clements, Lawn Hill and HlGaagilda, ending with a Read more…
Graham Richard The K’aas ‘Laanas Spruce Pitch People lived along Daawxuusda the west coast of Haida Gwaii. These kayxal raven matrilineage descendants established villages from Kaysuun Llnagaay Kaisun to Taa Suu Tasu Sound. They built one of these villages, called Sing.ga Llnagaay Winter Village, on the shores of Sing.ga GawGa Read more…
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 of Vancouver (MOV) at səńaʔqʷ Kits Point. Much of the collection has been kept in storage Read more…
Graham Richard — “With Haida stories, I want to say ‘this is how we see the world,’” said Haida animator, writer, and director Waats’daa Christopher Auchter. “We have a unique story to tell.” An audience of kids and fun adults packed the room tightly at Gina Guu Aahljuu Naay Performance House Read more…
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 woven over the past three years. The apron was admired by over thirty people, including Read more…
Graham Richard — Haida welcomed about thirty Haíłzaqv Heiltsuk delegates to the Islands this September 25 to take part in a conversation kuuniisii ancestors began over 125 years ago. The Peace Treaty meetings are part of an ongoing international conversation formalized through potlatch law over a century ago. In 2015, Read more…
Graham Richard — “The Haida Nation is so good at showing the world how to make things right,” Repatriation Committee member Sdaahl K’awas Lucy Bell told a hall of people gathered to honour kuuniisii ancestors. “We’ve got such a good reputation for doing things right. We started the journey of Read more…