Haisla Nation celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21, 2026
The Haisla Nation and residents of Kitmat gathered at Riverlodge, Sunday, June 21, 2026, to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Category: Reconciliation
Honouring survivors of residential schools
October 1, 2025
The Hailsa Nation and the Kitimat community gathered at Riverlodge on September 30, 2025, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliaton, also known as Orange Shirt Day, to honour the survivors of residential schools and hear their stories. One of the speakers told the audience that there is a need to honour all survivors of […]
Bridging the Núyem, the new Haisla Bridge pole
October 1, 2024
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
May 13, 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
June 17, 2023
Kitimat and the Haisla Nation officially opened the new Haisla Bridge over the Kitimat River on June 17, 2023.
“It’s not a costume” Racism protest in Kitimat
November 3, 2021
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 […]
People of the Snow Truth and Reconciliation in Kitimat
October 1, 2021
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.