Skidegate
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Skidegate, which is on Skidegate Indian Reserve No. 1 and was formerly home to the Skidegate Mission[3][4] is also the northern terminal for the BC Ferries service between Graham Island and Alliford Bay on Moresby Island.
Naming
According to tradition, the village was named after an earlier village chief, Template:Langx[5] whose name late 18th-century traders in sea otter pelts recorded as Skidegate.[6] Between 1790 and 1820, the community was a hub for the exploitation of sea otter furs.[6][7]
Totem poles
Skidegate is home to a number of totem poles:[8]
- T'anuu'llnagaay (Tanu) by Giitsxaa
- Hlknul'llnagaay (Cumshewa) by Gidansda Guujaaw
- HlGaagilda'llnagaay (Skidegate) by Norman Price
- K'uuna'llnagaay (Skedans) by Jim Hart
- Ts'aahj'llnagaay (Chaatl) by Garner Moody
- Eagle and Bear Mother by Dick Bellis
- Dogfish, by Bill Reid
- Unity Pole
- Chief Skedans Jimmy Wilson Memorial by Bert Wilson and Joe Mander
- Strongman by Tim Boyko, Skaadgaa Naay elementary school
- Chief Wiiganaad Sid Crosby Naa'uuwans (chieftanship) by Tim Boyko and Jason Goetzinger
- Weeping Woman of Taanu by Norman Price St
- Chieftanship Pole to Honour Matriarch Barb Wilson
- SGang Gwaay'llnagaay (Ninstints) by Tim Boyko
- Kaay Watchman's pole
The Haida Heritage Centre is in Skidegate along the town's eastern boundary.
See also
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References
External links
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- ↑ Hlg̱aagilda X̱aayda Kil, Haida language at FirstVoices. Accessed 1 July 2017.
- ↑ a b G.F. MacDonald,[Skidegate https://www.sfu.ca/brc/virtual_village/haida/skidegate.html] 1983, SFU Bill Reid Centre. Accessed 1 July 2017.
- ↑ Skidegate, VancouverIsland.com (Archived link). Accessed 1 July 2017.
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