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Skedans
Skedans ( or ) is a historic Haida village located on Louise Island at the head of Cumshewa Inlet in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. The village is located within the ''K'uuna Gwaay Conservancy,'' administered by the Council of the Haida Nation, and is a National Historic Site of Canada. Names The name Skedans is derived from the name of the village's reigning chief during the maritime fur trade, Gida'nsta, a Haida term of respect meaning "from his daughter." The village was also known by two Haida names. The first, Ḵ'uuna Llnagaay meaning "Village at the Edge", refers to its geographical position on the edge of a small peninsula. The second, , meaning "Grizzly Bear Village", references the prominent depictions of grizzly bear The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Urs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skedans Village At Laskeek Bay, British Columbia (250)
Skedans ( or ) is a historic Haida village located on Louise Island at the head of Cumshewa Inlet in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. The village is located within the ''K'uuna Gwaay Conservancy,'' administered by the Council of the Haida Nation, and is a National Historic Site of Canada. Names The name Skedans is derived from the name of the village's reigning chief during the maritime fur trade, Gida'nsta, a Haida term of respect meaning "from his daughter." The village was also known by two Haida names. The first, Ḵ'uuna Llnagaay meaning "Village at the Edge", refers to its geographical position on the edge of a small peninsula. The second, , meaning "Grizzly Bear Village", references the prominent depictions of grizzly bears on the totem poles and other artwork adorning the village. See also *List of Haida villages This is a list of Haida villages, located in Haida Gwaii and Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The following list includes material from J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Haida Villages
This is a list of Haida villages, located in Haida Gwaii and Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The following list includes material from John R. Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America'' and the Canadian Museum of History. The Haida language names for places on Haida Gwaii are primarily derived from information published by the Council of the Haida Nation. Currently active Kaigani (Alaska) * Hydaburg, on the north shore of Sukkwan Strait, Prince of Wales Island. * Kasaan, on Skowl Arm of Kasaan Bay, east coast of Prince of Wales Island. Graham Island (Canada) * Old Masset (), located at the mouth of Masset Inlet on the north coast of Graham Island. *Skidegate (), on the north shore of Skidegate Inlet near its entrance, on the southeast coast of Graham Island. Historical villages and towns * Chaatl (), at the western entrance to Skidegate Inlet. *Cape Ball (), on the east coast of Graham Island, north of Cape Ball River, part of Naikoon Provincial Park. * Cumshewa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haida Villages
This is a list of Haida people, Haida villages, located in Haida Gwaii and Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The following list includes material from John R. Swanton, John R. Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America'' and the Canadian Museum of History. The Haida language names for places on Haida Gwaii are primarily derived from information published by the Council of the Haida Nation. Currently active Kaigani (Alaska) *Hydaburg, Alaska, Hydaburg, on the north shore of Sukkwan Strait, Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Prince of Wales Island. *Kasaan, on Skowl Arm of Kasaan Bay, east coast of Prince of Wales Island. Graham Island (Canada) *Old Massett, Old Masset (), located at the mouth of Masset Inlet on the north coast of Graham Island. *Skidegate (), on the north shore of Skidegate Inlet near its entrance, on the southeast coast of Graham Island. Historical villages and towns *Chaatl (), at the western entrance to Skidegate Inlet. *Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Island
Louise Island is a island in Haida Gwaii, in British Columbia, Canada, off the east coast of Moresby Island and just north of Laskeek Bay. It was named for Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. Louise Island is located east of Moresby Island and Carmichael Passage, and south of Cumshewa Inlet. The island is home to the ancient Haida Haida may refer to: Haida people Many uses of the word derive from the name of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. * Haida people, an Indigenous ethnic group of North America (Canada) ** Council of the Haida Nati ... village of Skedans. Beatty Anchorage, a logging camp, is also on the island. Two officially named mountains on the island are Mount Kermode and Mount Carl. See also * List of islands of British Columbia References External links Louise Island at britishcolumbia.com Haida Islands of Haida Gwaii {{BritishColumbia-island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haida Gwaii
Haida Gwaii (; / , literally "Islands of the Haida people"), previously known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is an archipelago located between off the British Columbia Coast, northern Pacific coast in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The islands are separated from the mainland to the east by the shallow Hecate Strait. Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada), Queen Charlotte Sound lies to the south, with Vancouver Island beyond. To the north, the disputed Dixon Entrance separates Haida Gwaii from the Alexander Archipelago in the U.S. state of Alaska. Haida Gwaii consists of two main islands: Graham Island () in the north and Moresby Island (, or "Islands of Beauty") in the south, along with approximately 400 smaller islands with a total landmass of . Other major islands include Anthony Island (British Columbia), Anthony Island (), Burnaby Island (), Langara Island (), Lyell Island (), Louise Island, (), Alder Island (Haida Gwaii), Alder Island and Kunghit Island (). On June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Of The Haida Nation
The Council of the Haida Nation (CHN; ) is the elected government of the Haida people, the Indigenous occupants of the Haida Gwaii archipelago in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The council consists of a president and vice-president elected by popular vote, twelve regional representatives from four electoral regions, and one appointed representative from each of the Old Massett Village Council and Skidegate Band Council. The CHN was formed in 1974, with the goal of organizing the Haida nation to seek recognition of Aboriginal title throughout Haida Gwaii. In April 2024, after 20 years of negotiations, the CHN and the Government of British Columbia signed the ''Rising Tides Haida Title Lands Agreement'' (), which recognized Haida Aboriginal title throughout the entirety of Haida Gwaii, and which will see the transfer of all Crown land to the Haida Nation. In February 2025, the Government of Canada also recognized Haida title with the signing of the ''Big Tide'' () agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal British Columbia Museum
The Royal British Columbia Museum (or Royal BC Museum), founded in 1886, is a history museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The "Royal" title was approved by Queen Elizabeth II and bestowed by Prince Philip in 1987, to coincide with a royal tour of that year. The museum merged with the British Columbia Provincial Archives in 2003. The Royal BC Museum includes three permanent galleries: Natural History, Becoming BC, and the First Peoples Gallery. The museum's collections comprise approximately 7 million objects, including natural history specimens, artifacts, and archival records.2010-11 Annual Report, p. 40 The natural history collections have 750,000 records of specimens almost exclusively from BC and neighbouring states, provinces, or territories. The collections are divided into eight disciplines: Entomology, Botany, Palaeontology, Ichthyology, Invertebrate Zoology, Herpetology, Mammalogy, and Ornithology. The museum also hosts touring exhibitions. Previous exhibiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumshewa Inlet
Cumshewa Inlet (), also recorded or referred to in exploration logs as Cumchewas Harbour and Tooscondolth Sound, is a large inlet on the east coast of Moresby Island in the Haida Gwaii islands of the North Coast of British Columbia. The inlet was the site of various Haida villages, including Cumshewa (known as ''Thlinul'' or ''Tlkinool'' in the Haida language Haida (', ', ', ') is the language of the Haida people, spoken in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of western Canada and on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska. An endangered language, Haida currently has 24 native speakers, though revit ...), Tanu (New Clew) and Djí-gua. The name for the inlet was conferred in the days of the Maritime Fur Trade following a custom whereby captains named locations for the most important local chief, in this case Cumshewa (or G'omshewah), who figures in maritime fur trade vessel logs from 1787 onwards. In 1794 Cumshewa and his followers massacred the crew of the American trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains. British Columbia borders the province of Alberta to the east; the territories of Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north; the U.S. states of Washington (state), Washington, Idaho and Montana to the south, and Alaska to the northwest. With an estimated population of over 5.7million as of 2025, it is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, while the province's largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver and its suburbs together make up List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, the third-largest metropolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Historic Sites Of Canada
National Historic Sites of Canada () are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being of national historic significance. Parks Canada, a federal agency, manages the National Historic Sites program. As of November 2023, there were 1,005 National Historic Sites, 171 of which are administered by Parks Canada; the remainder are administered or owned by other levels of government or private entities. The sites are located across all ten provinces and three territories, with two sites located in France (the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial and Canadian National Vimy Memorial). There are related federal designations for National Historic Events and National Historic Persons. Sites, Events and Persons are each typically marked by a federal plaque of the same style, but the markers do not indicate which designation a subject has been given. For example, the Ridea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of British Columbia Press
The University of British Columbia Press (UBC Press) is a university press that is part of the University of British Columbia. It is a mid-sized scholarly publisher, and the largest in Western Canada. The press is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and has editorial offices in Kelowna, British Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario. It was established in 1971, and was the third Canadian university press to be founded. UBC Press is primarily a social sciences publisher. It publishes books of original scholarship that draws on and reflects current research. Each year UBC Press publishes about 70 new titles in a number of fields, including Aboriginal studies, Asian studies, Canadian history, environmental studies, gender and women's studies, health and food studies, geography, law, media and communications, military and security studies, planning and urban studies, and political science. Memberships and affiliations The press is a member of the Canadian Association of U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
