Three generations of one Haida family share what a historic title agreement will mean for their efforts to protect their land and culture.
Three generations of one Haida family share what a historic title agreement will mean for their efforts to protect their land and cultureDeep in the forest in northern Haida Gwaii, a half-carved canoe juts out of the earth — overgrown with moss and dappled by the light creeping through the canopy above.
Examining these half-built canoes, the carvers were able to piece together the specifications of how they were built. Once long forgotten, they offered a blueprint from the past.In the right of this picture, an ancient canoe overgrown with moss lies on the forest floor, jutting out at an angle from the earth. The old canoes haven’t just been used to revive a fading craftsmanship.
“Every time I'm out there, I feel the responsibility to be out on the land and learn from it and have a relationship with it, because that's part of what being Haida is,” said Haana, 20, a climate activist and student attending university in Vancouver. He thinks the title agreement will allow the people on Haida Gwaii to move away from a colonial mindset that has “centred around generating revenues and profits for companies and royalties for government … hasn't invested back into the islands, into the people.”He hopes that colonial period will be “a blip” in Haida Gwaii’s history, and that the agreement is the beginning of centring “our Haida history, our culture, our values” for the good of the entire archipelago.
Lore welcomes the title agreement, but said the “devil's in the details” when it comes to the issues still to be resolved. “Can it still get screwed up? We're humans, of course. But more and more, it's looking like we'll have the decision-making with local people,” he said.The province has said the deal will not affect private property, such as land held by non-Indigenous residents.
“My critique is not directed towards the Haida Nation. I don't think it's their job to be looking out for third-party interests,” said Isaac, a partner specializing in Indigenous and Aboriginal law at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP.Issac said the province has handled the agreement in a “haphazard way” that could create uncertainty in the future.
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