Rhonda Lee McIsaac “I’ve been trying to promote this [new bus route] initiative as much as possible as I did with the community transit routes with BC Transit,” says longtime activist, Brenda Wilson-John sister, Ramona, was murdered along Highway 16, 22 years ago. To address the ongoing issue of safe Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac There is a real Pacific storm brewing under those new LED lights at the George Brown Rec Centre! Between the ref whistles, the ball-wrestling in key, the players yelling for the pass, and the crowd screaming for stronger defense, it may also be the noisiest place to 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…
Ileah Mattice On the beautiful summer evening of July 22nd, a celebration took place in Gaw that remembered and reunited a group of people who took a stand against logging at Athlii Gwaii, 33 years ago. Although some of the original group have passed on, many of those still with Read more…
Submitted by Yingying Zhao A curious group of youth grasp measuring spoons like pencils in a small kitchen at the Old Massett Youth Centre. It is awkward but also engaging and humorous! Aged nine to twelve, they cautiously scoop spoons full of creamy yogurt into their cups and delicately add Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Haida educator SGaan jaadgu san glans Sara Florence Davidson was recently back on Haida Gwaii, consulting with SHIP elders about a new children’s literacy project that has a Haida twist. The project, which is supported by Indigenous Storybooks, is based on the premise that children’s books that Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac The sound of seawater lapping against the rocks at Suu liwans Gawdaas in Nang Xaldangaas Protected Area was constant as rain jacket-clad men and women clambered along the rocky shoreline. They came in search of black gold hanging from rocks or lying thick on the exposed intertidal Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac The hillside adjacent to the Council of the Haida Nation building and behind Taaw Naay Gas Station and the Skidegate Band Council office has changed dramatically. About 2 hectares of forest have cleared to make way for the new 9435 square foot XaaydaGa Dlaang Society building. Excavators Read more…
The crews aboard the Haida Spirit and Haida Guardian finished surveying for sGung.ga signs of spawn as K’aawdang Kung Herring Row on Kelp Moon or April entered its third quarter. With a month of soundings, dives, and observations complete the vessels returned from Gwaii Haanas on April 24 and 25 Read more…
The road has been long, since early 2006, when the proposed Enbridge pipeline project entered the public conversation. Following that announcement the Haida nation has been vocal and engaged in stopping the project, the latest engagement being the hearing at the Federal Court of Appeal, October 1. At the Joint Review Panel hearings in Read more…