Monday, September 16, 2019

Haida Language for September 13


Duration: 36 minutes

Haida Language for Friday September 13, 2019
at Strathcona Community Center
with Woody Morrison, BA, JD Haida Historian and Storyteller
video and xaad kil captions
by Todd G̱íihgiigaa

Haida Words used in this recording:

Quiz yourself! Write out the English translations to these Xaad kil words and phrases, then watch the video and see if you are correct!

Gagiit = wild man
G̱ánaa =
Sángs X̱aanuwaay =
Ts'uswíi =
Gáwjaaw =
Oolala =
gíilaay =
X̱aatáay =
Háws dáng hl kíng saang =


Funded by First People's Cultural Council: BC Language Initiative in collaboration with Strathcona Community Center and the Vancouver Haida Elder Collective

Next class scheduled for Friday October 4, 2019 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Find more at https://xaadkilvideo.blogspot.ca

Friday, September 6, 2019

Jaat'áay Ts'uswíi



Duration: 36 minutes

Haida Language for Friday September 6, 2019
at Strathcona Community Center
with Woody Morrison, BA, JD
video and xaad kil captions
by Todd G̱íihgiigaa


Haida Words used in this recording:

Sángs Ḵ'áangal SG̱áanuway

Sángs X̱aanuwaay

Ts'uswíi

Jaat'áay Ts'uswíi

SG̱aawaay Ḵ'uuna

Nang Ḵ'al hlG̱ahl

Ts'áak' X̱aat'áay

G̱úut

Ḵ'wáalaagang

Quiz yourself after watching the video and write out in English what they mean. Watch again and see if you got them correct.



Next Haida Song Friday September 13th, 2019
6:30pm-8:30pm with Kelly Love Spence
Rehearsing the Entrance / Peace song.

Please sign-in at the front desk. Haw'aa

Next Haida Language Class with Woody Morrison
is Sunday Sept 15, 2019 from 10:00am-noon
at the Strathcona Community Center, Main Activity Room
601 Keefer Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Email me if you want special snacks! Donations welcome!


Funded by First People's Cultural Council: BC Language Initiative in collaboration with the Strathcona Community Center Association and the Vancouver Haida Elder Collective