Europeans and their American relatives have praised the art of the Haida people of Haida Gwaii, the islands south of Alaska designated on maps as the Queen Charlottes, since first encountering it ...

Some deep thinkers and very artistic people had created this work. So formline design, which makes Haida art so distinctive, suggests a belief in art for art’s sake? Our whole culture was ...

Fernando Decillis Among the indigenous nations of Southeast Alaska, there is a concept known in Haida as Íitl’ Kuníisii—a timeless call to live in a way that not only honors one’s ...

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 ...