Haida Gwaii inspired a season full of film this summer with crews working on local projects, veteran film crews returning to the Islands to present completed works and new filmmakers starting fresh projects. Moosemeat & Marmalade was one of the television crews to be caught on Haida Gwaii filming for Read more…
This year, the Haida nation is proud to celebrate and acknowledge graduates in Gaw Tlagee, HlGaagilda and beyond. The following is a Great List presenting the names of those who have completed certification in their field of choice! Congratulations to you all and we look forward to acknowledging the many Read more…
On this day 50 years ago Haida raised the first gya’aang cedar monument at Gaw Tlagee in close to a century. The day marked the resurgence of a carving tradition Haida have developed since the first ts’uu Red cedar arrived in Haida Gwaii. Guud sans glans Robert Davidson carved the Read more…
On July 10, 2019 the Council of the Haida Nation and Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced the completion of the SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount Gin Siigee Tl’a Damaan Kinggangs Gin K’aalaagangs Marine Protected Area Management Plan at Tluu Xaadaa Naay Canoe People House in Gaw Tlagee. The completion of the SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Read more…
“X̲aayda kil jii.nga x̲aaynang.nga G̲as ga.” Nang Kiingaay Yuu7ans James Young Rhonda Lee McIsaac The secret is out! 2019’s list of Haida graduand’s grew larger when nine k̲’aay.yas Haida elders were formally invited to receive their honorary doctorate degrees from Vancouver Island University. For a good minute the room was Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac A Haida animator who worked on Black Panther is celebrating the movie’s seven Oscar nominations. Gin K’alang Gayaa Josh Samuels was the lead roto animator for Marvel’s 1.3-billion-dollar box office smash. The work has not slowed down for Gin K’alang Gayaa. “It’s so amazing the movie is Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Commonities. It may not be an English word but Soren Hermansen, Danish farmer turned director of Samsø Energy Academy, has coined it to explain the bringing together of commodities and communities. By bringing these two concepts together the economy of Samsø Island has changed. Hermansen has travelled Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Editor Jisgang Nika Collison described “a book full of dignity” as she presented the long-awaited “Athlii Gwaii – Upholding Haida Law at Lyell Island” to the House of Assembly, October 15. The newly-released book includes many first-person accounts from those who stood at Tllga Kun Gwaay.yaay Athlii Read more…
Ileah Mattice The soft leather lays on the table and the thread spills from the spool as crafters eagerly pull thread through slender needles. The fall season is the perfect time to stay in with family and do crafts, and what better way than going to the Gaw Youth Centre Read more…
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…