#Haida Nation

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The B.C. government and the Council of the Haida Nation have signed an agreement officially recognizing Haida Gwaii's Aboriginal title, more than two decades after the nation launched a legal action seeking formal recognition.

The province announced last month that it had reached a proposed deal with the Haida, which Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Minister Murray Rankin called a "foundational step in the reconciliation pathway of Haida Nation and B.C."

On April 6, the nation announced that more than 500 Haida citizens had voted 95 per cent in favour of approving the Gaayhllxid/Gíhlagalgang "Rising Tide" Haida Title Lands Agreement.

"This does not mean that the government is granting us anything. We have always held our inherent rights and title to our lands," Tamara Davidson, a Vancouver regional representative for the Council of the Haida Nation, told CBC News on Sunday.

"We were born knowing this is ours." [...]

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland, @vague-humanoid

[reasonsforhope]

"In a historic “first-of-its-kind” agreement the government of British Colombia has acknowledged the aboriginal ownership of 200 islands off the west coast of Canada.

The owners are the Haida nation, and rather than the Canadian government giving something to a First Nation, the agreement admits that the “Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai” or the “islands at the end of world,” always belonged to them, a subtle yet powerful difference in the wording of First Nations negotiating.

BC Premier David Eby called the treaty “long overdue” and once signed, will clear the way for half a million hectares (1.3 million acres) of land to be managed by the Haida.

Postal service, shipping lanes, school and community services, private property rights, and local government jurisdiction, will all be unaffected by the agreement, which will essentially outline that the Haida decide what to do with the 200 or so islands and islets.

“We could be facing each other in a courtroom, we could have been fighting each other for years and years, but we chose a different path,” said Minister of Indigenous Relations of BC, Murray Rankin at the signing ceremony, who added that it took creativity and courage to “create a better world for our children.”

Indeed, making the agreement outside the courts of the formal treaty process reflects a vastly different way of negotiating than has been the norm for Canada.

“This agreement won’t only raise all boats here on Haida Gwaii – increase opportunity and prosperity for the Haida people and for the whole community and for the whole province – but it will also be an example and another way for nations – not just in British Columbia, but right across Canada – to have their title recognized,” said Eby.

In other words, by deciding this outside court, Eby and the province of BC hope to set a new standard for how such land title agreements are struck."

-via Good News Network, April 18, 2024

[thunderstruck9]

Bill Reid (Haida/Canadian, 1920-1998), Xhuwaji - Haida Grizzly Bear, 1990. Colour silkscreen, 21 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.

[superinjun]

Mouse Woman Dance Apron

Andrea Diane Cook (Haida)

elk hide, arctic fox fur, acrylic paint, deer hooves. 24” x 26”

The Sound of my people’s songs, the reverberation of drums, and the clinking of rattles and deer hooves make me reminisce of times of coming together. It has been some time since we have gathered for potlatches and practiced our songs and dance due to Covid-19. My inspiration to create this piece came from my longing to sing and dance with my people safely again.

[olowan-waphiya]

Canada Agrees 200 Islands Belong to the Indigenous Haida Nation https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/canada-agrees-200-islands-belong-to-the-indigenous-haida-nation/

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldOrcaDay here are 2 examples of #orca (aka killer whale) headdresses from the Northwest Coast that the dancer could animate with moving parts:

1. Haida - “dancer could roll its eyes or move lower jaw” Carnegie Museum of Natural History

2. Kwakiutl - “dancer pulled strings to make the pectoral fins, tail flukes & jaw move” Field Museum

[pwlanier]

DONALD ELLIS GALLERY

anonymous Haida artist

Pair of Lions, c. 1840

Northwest Coast carvers were occasionally asked to produce specific items or objects, such as house or totem pole models, or as in this case, a matched pair of African lions (British style). Working most likely from a photograph or book illustration, the artist has rendered a totally foreign subject in a manner that combines naturalism with traditional Northwest Coast design elements. The only known example of its type, this outstanding pair of carvings presents a somewhat startling and engagingly benign personification of a powerful carnivore.

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[ancientorigins]

The Haida are a powerful seafaring culture hailing from the Pacific Northwest. From Viking-like raids to colonial resistance, this powerful culture has a story to tell.

[shadeslayer]

Killer Whale Pod of Many Nations (2006) by Odin Lonning (Tlingit) carved cedar with acrylic

The seven-foot-long red cedar carving of five killer whales in five Northwest Coast Native art styles is a tribute to endangered orcas and Coastal tribes from Puget Sound to Alaska.

The Tlingit whale denotes how a crest originates in the story of Natsiclané, or Creation of the Killer Whale. The Haida whale embodies two stories about the Raven-Finned Killer Whale and the adventures of Nanasimgit and His Wife. The Nuu-chah-nulth whale signifies the timeless wolf-killer whale connection in their culture and commemorates Tsux’iit (Luna).

The Kwakwaka’wakw whale celebrates the triumphant reunion of Keetla (Springer) with her pod in Namgis First Nation territory in British Columbia. A vocal delegation of “Springer’s Peeps” cheered enthusiastically for this whale, which shows Springer spyhopping. The Coast Salish whale pays homage to the Indigenous peoples and Southern Resident orcas of the Salish Sea.

Killer Whale Pod of Many Nations: “Carving for a Greater Cause” by Ann Stateler, for WHULJ, The Newsletter of the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Cetacean Society, Winter 2007 (PDF here)

This piece was made possible by a Native Arts grant from the Potlatch Fund.

On display at the Seattle Aquarium, in the Puget Sound Orcas Family Activity Center Photograph 1 by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid Photograph 2 by Bryan Lor / Adventures of BL

[allthecanadianpolitics]

This story is part of a series examining systemic discrimination against Indigenous patients within the nursing profession in B.C. To read Part 1 of the series, click here. By the time Penny Kerrigan arrived at Mills Memorial Hospital in northern British Columbia, she says the morphine she'd been given before her medevac flight from Haida Gwaii had worn off. "I was in extreme pain," said the Haida elder, who served as B.C.'s community liaison officer for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. She'd been flown to the hospital in Terrace, B.C., from her home community of Old Masset on Oct. 19, 2020, after a doctor told her she needed a CT scan to determine the cause of her severe stomach pain. Kerrigan didn't know it then, but she was suffering from appendicitis that would soon require emergency surgery. However, instead of receiving a CT scan or any diagnosis for the painful and potentially fatal condition, Kerrigan says she was discharged from hospital into an unfamiliar city in the middle of the night. She alleges she was treated roughly and dismissively by the nurses she saw, was refused prescription pain medication and given only regular-strength Tylenol to deal with her discomfort.

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[rabbitcruiser]

Into the Sky

What do you think about my pic?  

[grandboute]

Eagle Salmon Blanket by Yeomans Don

[boneszphoto]

'splorin' in victoria✨

[superinjun]

Sea Bear Basket

Isabel Rorick (Haida) in collaboration with Robin Rorick (Haida)

Woven and painted spruce root. 5” x 4” x 4”

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldOtterDay + #Woodensday:

Top: wooden sea otter effigy feast bowl, Kwakiutl culture Bottom: wooden bowl with sea otter at one end & human at other, Haida culture

Both collected in 1897, now on display at Field Museum in Chicago.