Friday, July 26, 2019

Our Relatives: Terms of Address



Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

This Friday evening Woody talks about the Haida Alphabet
and Family: Terms of Address
Below are images of the handouts.

Please note: if you would like a copy of the Haida Phrases, and How to pronounce the Haida Alphabet by Woody (clipped from podcasts when he was doing Radio broadcasts), bring to class a memory stick and I will copy what I have collected.






Sunday, July 21, 2019

Cedar Bark Headband Workshop

For Sunday July 21, 2019
Lead by Todd G̱íihlgiigaa DeVries, Haida Weaver/Artist
At Strathcona Community Center, 601 Keefer St., Vancouver
Photos by Vanessa Walterson

Our aim was to make thirteen headbands for the women dancers and one for ourselves. We completed seven headbands for the dancers, of various head sizes using half-inch wide strips of cedar bark (harvested and cut by G̱íihlgiigaa).




Dana Simeon, Todd G̱íihlgiigaa weaving







Next Haida Language class is Friday July 26th, 2019 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Sunday, July 7, 2019

The concepts of Direction - Wind



Duration: 1:37 minutes

Follow along with these notes.



 

Next
Friday, July 12th, Haida Language, Art and Tradition of the Haida People class with Woody and
Sunday 14th Haida Song with Kelly Spence

Friday, July 5, 2019

Haida principals of Healing -- Ngíisdla



Duration: 34 minutes

Follow along with this handout. Greeting - Haida
Printed copies are made available in class. 

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Duration: 26 minutes

Ngíisdla --- Haida Principles of Healing
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Please leave a comment below on whether you have watched the program. We look forward to hearing your questions and we will respond to it in our next class!

Haw'aa for watching.


This 2019 program, "Dancing under the Paddle" Honoring our Women in Ceremony: Language, Art and Tradition of the Haida People is funded by First People's Cultural Council: BC Language Initiative in collaboration with Strathcona Community Center Association and The Vancouver Haida Elder Collective.