Kitimat River on highway 37. This area would have been some of the traditional lands of the Haisla people. Photo courtesy of William Matheson.
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Kitimat River on highway 37. This area would have been some of the traditional lands of the Haisla people. Photo courtesy of William Matheson.
Photos of the Kitamaat Village Council Building and the Haisla Community School courtesy of Sam Beebe.
A photo of the area surrounding Kitamaat Village taken by Sam Beebe.
LYLE WILSON: KITAMAAT HAISLA ARTIST.
Lyle Wilson is a Haisla artist from British Columbia: born at C’idax (Butedale Cannery); spent his early years in Kitamaat Village; moved to the town-site of Kitimat from grade 4-9; then moved back to Kitamaat Village from grade 10-12; after graduating from Mount Elizabeth Secondary School, he worked at Alcan for a year before eventually moving to Vancouver to seek a post-secondary education at the University of British Columbia and the Emily Carr College of Art and Design.
The Haisla people are often referred to as Northern Kwakuitl, however their historic artistic style is, mainly, influenced by the Kwakuitl, Tsimshian, Bella Bella and Bella Coola. The name Kitamaat means “People of the Snow“; which refers to the large snow-fall during the winters. Tsimshian guests who visited the Haisla in mid-winter arrived to see people emerging from traditional bighouses that were completely buried by the snow. Thus, the name Kitamaat was given to the Haisla.
The Haisla Clan system was originally matrilineal and, although he was born into the Beaver Clan, Lyle was formally adapted into his father’s Eagle Clan. Due to high death rates at that time, his Eagle grandmother adapted both Lyle and his sister to bolster the numbers of the Eagle Clan (his sister has now returned to the Beaver Clan).
“I was always aware, and appreciative, of Haisla art after seeing a few old carvings at village places/events. My first living artistic influence was my uncle Sam Robinson — a full-time carver who carved at a time-period when everyone assumed Pacific Northwest Coast carving was a dying art-form consigned to the past; consequently, there was no wide-spread recognition of Northwest Coast art as there is now.
I watched Sam and occasionally whittled to the best of my ability. I didn’t really seriously consider art as a profession until after attending the University of British Columbia — I enrolled, & completed, 5 years of the N.I.T.E.P. and Secondary Art Education programs.
I found time in the studio more interesting and eventually left UBC for further studies at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design (now the Emily Carr University of Art & Design). I graduated with a print-making diploma and began to try develop an individual artistic style — using my life experiences, formal education at UBC and ECUAD as the roots in all my art work: prints, wood carvings, paintings, drawings and gold/silver jewellery.
I also prefer working by myself, because I believe that the individual personality shows itself in the finished work — so I’m reluctant to involve others in my artistic projects unless absolutely necessary. Even the extra large carving I try to do mostly myself so I can keep my personality in my work.
I’m one of the few Pacific Northwest Coast artists fortunate to have an extensive formal, post-secondary education. I’m a life-long student/carver who has interests in numerous areas that — hopefully — enrich whatever work I produce.”
LYLE WILSON. (c) 778-846-3520
WELCOME TO HAISLA NATION The Haisla Nation is the band government of the Haisla people. Our mission is to build a powerful, prosperous and proud community, healthy in mind, body and spirit. We believe in building a strong and thriving community, with healthy and happy members and a sustained and prosperous environment. We are about 1700 people,
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Lyle Wilson (Haisla people), Orca Chief, 1993.
The Kwakiutl or Kwakwaka'wakw are a Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous people. Kwakiutl and Kwakwaka'wakw refers to multiple ethnic groups such as the Tlingit, Haisla, Willapa, Chinook, Nuxalk and at least 13 others. The current population of all groups is about 5,500. Kwakwaka'wakw oral history tells that their ancestors (‘na’mima) came in the forms of animals by way of land, sea, or underground. When one of these ancestral animals arrived at a given spot, it discarded its animal appearance and became human. Animals that figure in these origin beliefs include the Thunderbird, his brother Kolus, the seagull, orca, grizzly bear, or chief ghost. The first documented contact was with Captain George Vancouver in 1792. Disease, which developed as a result of direct contact with European settlers along the West Coast of Canada, drastically reduced the Indigenous Kwakwaka'wakw population during the late 19th-early 20th century. Kwakwaka’wakw population dropped by 75% between 1830 and 1880.
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The Haisla, also known as Xa’islak’ala, X̄a’islakʼala, X̌àʼislakʼala, X̣aʼislak’ala, Xai:sla are an amalgamation of two bands, the Kitamaat people and the Kitlope People in British Columbia, Canada. The Haisla language, X̄a’islak̓ala or X̌àh̓isl̩ak̓ala, is a Northern Wakashan language. Historically there were six clans within the Haisla people, each named after an animal that has historical significance to the tribe. The Haisla people were some of the few northern North American indigenous nations that had a tiered class system consisting of nobleman, commoners and slaves. More like this
It is possible to retaliate against an enemy, But impossible to retaliate against storms.
Haisla Proverb (via linguistry)