Haida Nation - Inside Climate News

In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back

By affirming Indigenous land ownership, British Columbia and the Haida Nation are signaling a new era for Indigenous relations.

By Serena Renner, Hakai Magazine

Haida hereditary chief Gidansda (Guujaaw) leads a group of paddlers aboard Luu Taas (“Wave Eater”), a 15-meter red-cedar canoe designed by acclaimed Haida artist Bill Reid for the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Carving and paddling cedar canoes is one example of how Haida people are inextricably linked to both land and sea. Credit: Courtesy of Guujaaw

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