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…
“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…
Graham Richard School District 50 supported seven Haida youth as they climbed Tllgaduu Slatechuck Mountain to collect k‘aas hlGaa argillite on Friday November 16. Lupdaagaa Robert Vogstad and Luu Xxydals Sascha Jones led the team safely up the inlet, across a stream, through swamp, over root, and up rugged the 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…
The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) arrived this past week on Haida Gwaii meeting with the Council of the Haida Nation Executive. The two governments met to get re-acquainted and discuss issues of common interest, primarily the history of both organizations Read more…