Haida

Haida: One of Many Endangered Languages of Alaska It is tragedy that a language full of rich history and culture could be left with less than one hundred native speakers worldwide. The language of Haida from the Haida tribe in southeast Alaska has been through the Russian and American takeover of Alaska, as well as education and religion changes. Today the language is critically endangered and the community is heartbroken about the decline of language usage. The future of Haida holds revival programs

Haida Gwaii is a region of the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The First Nations as people have created a Land Use Vision which they wish to see implemented and taken to account with the provincial land use plan in the Haida Gwaii ecosystem. The Province of British Columbia along with representatives of the communities have come together to create a land use plan that is intended to protect, conserve, and allocate the usage of natural resources in a sustainable

HAIDA ARCHITECUTRE Lauren Fraser 300254667 Page Count 2789 Haida architecture evolved from artistic necessity. As isolated island people they had few resources to trade. They relied on their reputation for artistic design and excellent craftsmanship amongst the mainland tribes to trade for the resources they needed. This research essay explores the culture, climate and material resources of the Haida Gwaii (Haida People) First Nation of British Columbia, Canada. The Haida People are an

people live in close regions and each group speaks its own language. Now we can end with a Haida

a part of everyday life. Their art was woven into their clothing, their dishes, even their very homes. The architecture of the northwest is extremely distinct with amazing longhouses which are a trademark of the area. Before European contact, the Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian and Haisla built gabled roof houses which were about sixty square feet. The Nuxalk,

The French also traded at Haida Gwaii. In 1791, Etienne Marchland saw the pole at Dadens and describes the carving having an open mouth about a foot off the ground, the height of the opening at three feet in diameter, and the width about two feet. The pole was carved from a large tree trunk, towering above. Along the length of the pole were finely carved frogs, lizards and other animals, and human body parts. Marchand goes on, “A stranger might imagine that he saw the ex vote suspended to the door-case

red cedar (type of wood) and painted with vibrant colours, the totem pole is emblematic of both coastal Aboriginal culture and Northwest Coast Aboriginal Art Different First Nations have their own methods of designing and carving totem poles. The Haida, for example, are known to carve creatures with huge eyes, where some would typically have narrow eyes. The Coast Salish tend to carve representations of people on their house posts, where others tend to carve supernatural beings on their poles. And

list. In the introduction to The Sacred Balance, Suzuki interviews a Haida Gwaii artist named Guujaaw about the battle over clear cut logging in his native Queen Charlotte Islands. Although the logging industry in the islands generated several much needed jobs, many of the Haida were opposed to it. Guujaaw stated that after the trees were all gone, his people would be just like everybody else, and they would not be Haida anymore. The fact that somebody would feel so connected with the trees, to

Tsimshian Tribe Tsimshian, which means “ People inside of the Skeena River”, is one of the coastal tribe in the Pacific Northwest Coast. This tribe distribute in two main areas, which are British Columbia, Canada and Alaska in the US. According to that, they have a different group name for each location. For example, Tsimshian indigenous who live surrounded the mouth of the Skeena River and nearly the sea; the Gitskan who live further up the indigenous people place; the Nishga who stay the basin

the Haida live in completely different places with a lot in common. You won’t believe they have a lot in common. From hunting to food, they have a lot in common. To begin with, they faced a lot of challenges. They both need to hunt whale for their supplies. So it took days to hunt this animal for both groups, the Inuit had to make igloos for safety in case there’s a storm. They both faced challenges by traveling. The Inuit had to bring their houses with them when they traveled and the Haida have