Haida language learners and teachers gathered at Xaad Kihlga Suu.u on October 29th to learn from a special guest who was visiting from Hydaburg. Alaskan Xaad Kil teacher K’uyáang Benjamin Young brought students together at the learning centre to play a memorization game. The class began an exercise. At the front Read more…
Haida language learners and teachers from Kasaan, Hydaburg, Gaaw, HlGaagilda, and as far away as California came together in Juneau this June 8th. The 68 travellers represented all three Haida dialects from Alaska, Gaaw and HlGaagilda. They came together in the midst of a colourful coastal cultural festival called Celebration, during which Read more…
Graham Richard — Haida language received another boost this summer as Ketchikan volunteers and organizers ran two culture camps during the first and second weeks of August. The first camp included 50 kids from kindergarten through third grade with 30 older kids from the fourth through eighth grade attending the Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — “Today, on National Aboriginal Day, is a celebration for the entire Haida Nation!” exclaimed University of Northern British Columbia alumni, Ms. Lori Noyce to a group of Haida women who had just received their certificate in Haida Language and Culture from UNBC at the Haida Heritage Read more…
Laughter echoes through the Stlaay Daw Naay Welcoming House at the Heritage Centre at Kay Llnagaay. Amid the shouts and giggles are the sounds of a recovering language, broken by wide smiles. This is what fifteen Hlgaagilda Xaayda Kil Southern Haida Dialect students taking a course called ‘FNST 231’ sound Read more…
This year Brooklyn, New York resident and Reuters’ journalist Chris Taylor ran 26.2 miles to raise thousands of dollars for the Haida language. His 49 supporters pledged $2,754 to the marathoner’s Indie Go Go campaign, leaving his goal of $1,000 in the dust. Mr Taylor made the run on October Read more…
The last installment: This August a Haida-language team set forth from Gaaw to survey the north and west coasts of Haida Gwaii. Guided by elders’ teachings, the Haida language, historical records, and century -old maps, they learned and confirmed a selection of the ancestral place names that cover Haida Gwaii. Read more…
This August a Haida-language team set forth from Gaaw to survey the north and west coasts of Haida Gwaii. Guided by elders’ teachings, the Haida language, historical records, and century -old maps, they learned and confirmed a selection of the ancestral place names that cover Haida Gwaii. Haida speaker Hlgawangdlii Read more…
This August 11 a Haida-language team set forth from Gaaw to survey the north and west coasts of Haida Gwaii. Guided by elders’ teachings, the Haida language, historical records, and century – old maps, they learned and confirmed a selection of the ancestral place names that cover Haida Gwaii. Haida Read more…