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Gwaai Edenshaw: "Healing Ring"

Bruce Byfield wrote 3 days ago: The stories of Raven stealing the light or Raven prying open a shell that contains the first people … more →

Tags: Aboriginal Art, Art, Art Appreciation, British Columbia, Bruce Byfield, First Nations, First Nations Art, Gwaai Edenshaw, Indian art

Generation A

Book Bully wrote 5 days ago: By Douglas Coupland, 2009. “Now you young twerps want a new name for your generation? Probably … more →

Tags: Fiction, canadian, 2009, Bees, Storytelling, Digital World, Young People, Future, Douglas Coupland

Pitt Rivers Museum Haida Collection on flickr.com

qmackie wrote 5 days ago: Any idea what activity is being represented on this Haida argillite carving? The Pitt Rivers Museum … more →

Tags: Anthropology, archaeology, First Nations, Haida Gwaii, History, Northwest Coast, Pics, argillite, artifacts

Argillite Beaver2 comments

qmackie wrote 1 week ago: Haida argillite pipe representing the SS Beaver. Photo: University of Aberdeen. The SS Beaver was a … more →

Tags: Anthropology, First Nations, Haida Gwaii, History, Miscellaneous, Northwest Coast, Aberdeen, argillite, artifacts

Sgaawsid K'uuljaad, the Boss Lady Potato.

qmackie wrote 1 week ago: Sgaawsid K'uuljaad gets funky. Silly season in Haida Gwaii must have started, as Carey’s p … more →

Tags: Anthropology, Haida Gwaii, Odd, ethnobotany, Potato

Gwaai Edenshaw: "Raven and Crows Ring"

Bruce Byfield wrote 1 week ago: One way that you know an artist is talented is when other artists are eager for their work. Gwaai Ed … more →

Tags: Aboriginal Art, Art, Art Appreciation, Bruce Byfield, Crows, First Nations Art, Gold Work, Gwaai Edenshaw, Indian art

NW Coast Objects in Madrid

qmackie wrote 1 month ago: Tlingit adze with quillwork and copper insets in the Museo de América, Madrid. Even though the Spani … more →

Tags: archaeology, Northwest Coast, Anthropology, Archives, History, Alaska, Tlingit, artifacts, Museums

Raven Steals the Sun

redstarcafe wrote 1 month ago: This is an ancient story told on the Queen Charlotte Islands about how Raven helped to bring the Sun … more →

Tags: animals, Art, Books, Culture, Design, Religion, spirituality, Northwest Coast Art, Raven

Raven Steals the Sun1 comment

redstarcafe wrote 1 month ago: This is an ancient story told on the Queen Charlotte Islands about how Raven helped to bring the Sun … more →

Tags: animals, Art, Culture, Design, Graphic Design, Jewellery, spirituality, Andrew Thornton, argillite

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

mserbe wrote 1 month ago: Redal to the Meddle Contemporary Haida artist.  Creator of Haida Manga: the fusion of two Northern P … more →

Tags: yahgulanaas, Hummingbird

Skidegate Haida Model Village

qmackie wrote 1 month ago: Model of Skidegate (hlgaagilda 'llnagaay) as installed at Chicago Exhibition, 1893. The Burke Mu … more →

Tags: Haida Gwaii, Anthropology, History, First Nations, Northwest Coast, Burke Museum, Field Museum, Kaay'llnagaay, Franz Boas

Vancouver [Native] Art in the Sixties

qmackie wrote 1 month ago: GOOGA! This 1962 picture of Haida artist Robert Davidson at age 13 caught my eye, not least because … more →

Tags: Haida Gwaii, Archives, History, First Nations, Northwest Coast

The Golden Spruce1 comment

gustines wrote 2 months ago: The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed, by John Vaillant.  W.W. Norton (2005), 2 … more →

Tags: nonfiction, Environmental Issues, Books, Book Reviews, Reviews, Reading, writing, Literature, Excerpt

'Police Brutality Is Not a Game'

Blind Man wrote 3 months ago: The 2009 World Police and Fire Games kicked off in Vancouver this weekend. More than 12 000 police o … more →

Tags: democracy, Imperialism, Justice, First Nations, Policing, Vancouver, vancouver police department, World Police and Fire Games

Tattoos in Progress

thomashooper wrote 3 months ago: Here’s a couple of pieces I’m working on at the moment, cant wait to finish these. … more →

Tags: Tattoo Portfolio 2009, haid, Heraldic Sleeve, Lion, pheonix, queztacotl, tattooing, thomas hooper

A Haida Legend: Salmon Boy

waxingmind wrote 4 months ago: Long ago, among the Haida people, there was a boy who showed no respect for the salmon. Though the s … more →

Tags: Reflections, Environment, Story, Legend, Salmon

Henry Green Tsimshian Master Carver/Prince Rupert Carving Shed2 comments

haidaheritage wrote 6 months ago: Carving a Cedar Panel I am new to this site and have a friend who is on here regularly his name is B … more →

Tags: Tsimshian, Henry Green, master carver, Prince Rupert, Jennifer Davidson, Museum of Northern BC

Getting Started!

qmackie wrote 7 months ago: I am preparing the website on Haida Archaeology, for which my Anthropology 449 students have been ma … more →

Tags: Background, archaeology, Haida Gwaii, Northwest Coast

Haida-like continues2 comments

jarmonuutre wrote 7 months ago: Ma ei ole vahepeal sellest pilte teinud, aga nagu nähu, siis areneb. Mustaga on peaaegu kõik tehtud … more →

Tags: Värvilised / Color, Poolikud / Work in progress, 2009, Freehand, Käsi / Arm & hand, Õlg / Shoulder, Tribal, COLOR, vaba käega


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