Category: Haisla Nation

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 […]

New electric tug Haisea Wamis arrives in Kitimat

  The first of three new style electric tugboats, the Haisea Wamis, arrived in Kitimat, BC, on the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation, on the afternoon of July 29, 2024. HaiSea Marine is a joint venture majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan. HaiSea Marine has a major contract with LNG […]

The kingfisher and the fish

The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is often hard to photograph. The bird may perch long enough to catch a couple of shots, then it dives into the water to catch a fish, or flies off to another location to watch for prey. During the monthly shore bird count in Kitimat and Haisla, one kingfisher remained […]

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 […]

Storm over the harbour

Sunday April 21, 2024, the date for the monthly shore bird count was a cold, wet, stormy spring morning at MK Bay and Haisla.  

“It’s not a costume” Racism protest in Kitimat

On Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, a student at Kitimat’s Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School wore traditional regalia for picture day. At that time a teacher allegedly asked the student “What’s the costume.” This led to a protest against racism the following day by indigenous and non-indigenous students supported by members of the Haisla Nation and […]