By Rhonda Lee McIsaac — In an intimate ceremony at Saahlinda Naay Haida Gwaii Museum last night, weaver, Jaad Kuujus Meghann O’Brien, carefully cut a cashmere apron from the loom’s beam upon which it was woven over the past three years. The apron was admired by over thirty people, including Read more…
HoA 2016 – Special Presentation Lightning flashed in the company of all our relations on day four of the Haida House of Assembly. The weather-change took place during a special presentation to acknowledge the public service of elected officials and honouring the office of the President of the Haida Nation. Read more…
Weaver Kujuuhl Evelyn Vanderhoop was invited to the port city of Thessaloniki, Greece to present workshops and a lecture in conjunction with the travelling exhibition Haida: Life, Spirit, Art, being held at the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Kujuuhl traveled with Dr. Leslie Tepper, Ethnologist and Curator at the Canadian Museum Read more…
The Sealaska Heritage Institute welcomed home a long-lost treasure this past December. Weavers, carvers, painters and the curious gathered at the clan house in the Walter Soboleff building in Juneau to witness the unveiling of a five-foot wide naaxiin Chilkat robe. The robe features a design that likely portrays Hiilang.nga thunderbird. This Read more…
A unique chiefly robe and a private ceremony made public, gave visitors and Islanders a glimpse into the intimate world of weavers. Artist Kujuuhl Evelyn Vanderhoop presented her most recent Naaxiin robe Friday, August 21 to an appreciative gathering at the Haida Gwaii Museum. With the robe hanging from the Read more…