Category: ceremony
Easter Sunday at El Santuario de Chimayó
The El Santuario de Chimayó in Chimayo, New Mexico, is a sacred piligrimmage site considered one of the most important Catholic shrines in the United States, sometimes called the “Lourdes of the Americas,” since dirt at the sanctuary has a reputation for healing. It is a National Historic Landmark in the United States, part of […]
Bridging the Núyem, the new Haisla Bridge pole
On September 30, 2024 the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation the Haisla Nation ( x̄á’isla nation) and the District of Kitimat came to together to raise “Bridging our Núyem,” a new pole that commemorates the new Haisla Bridge over the Kitimat River. Hundreds of people from both Kitimat and Haisla in a fierce late […]
Haisla Artists exhibit opening, May 10, 2024
The Kitimat Museum and Archives opened the Haisla Artists Indigenous Art Exhibition with a ceremony at the City Centre Mall in Kitimat on the evening of Friday, May 10, 2024. It is the first group show that features Haisla artists (there have been indvidual shows in the past). The opening at the mall featured photographs […]
A view from (the new Haisla) Bridge
Kitimat and the Haisla Nation officially opened the new Haisla Bridge over the Kitimat River on June 17, 2023.
People of the Snow Truth and Reconciliation in Kitimat
Members of the Haisla Nation and people of Kitimat braved an Environment Canada storm warning with heavy rain and wind on September 30, 2021 to mark The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
A welded and sculpted metal tree created by two Grade 12 students in memory of Canada’s murdered and missing indigenous women and girls was unveiled in the lobby of the Kitimat Valley Institute on Friday, October 4, 2109, where it will be on permanent display. The tree was created by Trinity Harry, 17, Ojibwa Nation, […]