The Haida are an ancient and powerful nation, internationally renowned for their artwork. Despite modern day assimilation, the Haida of Haida Gwaii are fiercely proud of their culture and history ...

There’s a dogfish, a wolf, a transformational bear figure – in Haida mythology, animals and humans often shape-shift – and a raven, one of two moieties, or kinship groups, on Haida Gwaii and ...

The Haida are an ancient and powerful nation, internationally renowned for their artwork. Despite modern day assimilation, the Haida of Haida Gwaii are fiercely proud of their culture and history ...

A drawing of a carving by Charles Edenshaw in the late 1800s depicting the Haida myth of the origin of women. Fungus Man is paddling the canoe with Raven in the bow in search of female genitalia.

And he fails, of course.” In the end, however, Haida culture triumphs: Beyond Eden functions almost as a creation myth explaining Haida art’s rise to international prominence.

Explore the life and work of director Stanley Kubrick, watch ancient folklore in an endangered language, and discover how emotion shapes the human brain ...

Arts Notes Reg Davidson recounts Haida myths in new cedar sculptures at YVR by Amanda Siebert on January 29th, 2016 at 3:14 PM 2 of 4 ...

“Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed” by John Vaillant Norton, 255 pp., $24.95 On a chill night in January 1997, a mentally ill logger-turned-activist named Grant Hadwin ...

The Haida Gwaii archipelago is a mix of geologic wonder and myth. In fact, they’re often one and the same, from the Taaw Tldáaw to the legendary Golden Spruce and countless others. For the ...

The blockade was a significant new chapter in Haida mythology, and it gave rise to a song that today is a kind of national anthem for the Haida Gwaii.

One of the most powerful supernatural beings of Haida mythology is the elusive Dogfish Woman, who derives her shamanic powers from the dogfish (a small shark). Seen here in her human form, the snout ...