art
Now is the Time
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 […]
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Women's Dialogue Session
Wise Women Rising
On the weekend of November 5, 2017, Haida women from across the Islands and from away, gathered for the Haida Women’s Dialogue Session in HlGaagilda Skidegate – the first of a three-part series hosted by […]
Language
Left in the dust
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, […]
Critters
An armoured-up cutie pie
HlGaagilda Xaayda Kil: chiina sk’aajuu English: Pacific spiny lumpsucker Latin: Eumicrotremus orbis (good-little-hole circle) A spherical body can make for a clumsy swimmer, but Spiny lumpsuckers take a break from the jostling by anchoring themselves […]
Archaeology
Stone cold cool
By Graham Richard — This July, Gwaii Haanas offered up yet another Haida ancestral object from one of its many rich archaeological sites. Guusdagun Mary Hart found the bowl under a tree-well as part of […]
Marine
All juiced up
An active volcanic cone is venting large amounts of gas one kilometre beneath the swelling ocean of Duu Guusd the west coast of Haida Gwaii. On September 28 scientists announced their discovery of the calcium […]
Marine
Scads of sponge: Glass sponge reefs designated Marine Protected Area in Hecate Strait
— By Molly Clarkson In 1987 an incredible underwater discovery took place in Hecate Strait: glass sponge reefs, thought to be extinct for over 100 million years, were found to be alive and well along […]
National Affairs
How to argue your case
The Haida nation’s legal team, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, Michael Jackson, David Patterson and Elizabeth Bulbrook, presented the nation’s arguments yesterday at the Federal Court of Appeal, challenging the approval of the Enbridge pipeline project. The Haida […]
Language
DAY THREE: Saang’aay Hlg̱ung̱ahl – G̱aaw to Juskatla
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, […]
National Affairs
Lest we forget: Going full circle
Well over 2000 people received and shared the journal A Resounding Voice – Haida Gwaii speaks to the Enbridge Joint Review Panel (2013). Last week we published four points of view, follow are four more […]