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Gidin Jaad (Erica Ryan-Gagne)

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07 June 2018

8357 ḵing gan

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

"The language [Haida] has changed me"

"There was a point in my learning where my teacher [...] said something really profound that changed the way I viewed the world, and the way I viewed myself, and just my family and self care and respect. She said to me, 'If you need help, how are the ancestors going to know that you need help if you can't pray in the language. If you are going to pray in English, who is going to help you?' So that was a really impactful moment for me. Realizing that I needed to learn how to pray in the language."

"I'd like to be able to pray when I have that opportunity and when it's trusted and given to me. It's like an honour. It's the direct connection to who we are. And to everything that we are. When you learn the language you learn to respect. When you learn the language you learn how live and how be. And you can't just learn the language and not know how to look after yourself. And you can't learn the language and not know how to look after our oceans, and our lands and each other. It's intense."

Interviewer: Dana Moraes
Camera and Edit: Graham Richard 

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Sg̱aasguu:

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Ts’ahlgid:

haida

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Ḵwaan sda: Language

    • 14m 48s

      K'uyaang (Benjamin Young)

      uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

      channel: Language

      Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

      'I'm Alaskan Haida.'

      'I have kind of an extensive language background. I've been either learning, documenting and teaching language for a little over a decade.'

      'I'm a functional speaker.'

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      uploaded date: 15-06-2018

    • 20m 15s

      Jaahljuu (Graham Richard)

      uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

      channel: Language

      Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

      'This particular script came to us very gradually. Very organically.'

      'The script is based, or inspired by, traditional Haida stories.'

      'Our story is definitely fiction but it's based in reality.'

      'We went over and over and over that script so many times.'

      'We consulted a lot.'

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      uploaded date: 14-06-2018

    • 7m 58s

      G_uud Yuwans (Willie Russ)

      uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

      channel: Language

      Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

      ‘I was born and raised in Skidegate’

      ‘I actually submitted a 50-pages story that I’ve written a long time ago. And that was too long and they wanted me to write something else but I didn’t get a chance to write anything else.’

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      uploaded date: 12-06-2018

    • 5m 21s

      Guustlaas (Trey Rorick)

      uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

      channel: Language

      Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

      "I thought it would be a really good experience learning how to speak X̱aaydaa Kil [Haida] and I thought it would be fun"

      "It's so culturally involved and an inspiration for other Nations to do it."

      "I think most people here would probably watch it by private showings."

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      uploaded date: 07-06-2018

    • 6m 59s

      Oot Iiwaans (Leo Gagnon)

      uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

      channel: Language

      Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

      "The language was easy; it was remembering that was the hard part"

      "I'm a carver and I make carving tools for local carvers"

      "I do a lot of weaving, a lot of hunting and fishing"

      "This [knife] if similar to what was used on the film. Made by me."

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      uploaded date: 07-06-2018

    • 11m 32s

      SG_aan Kwah Agang (James McGuire)

      uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

      channel: Language

      Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

      “Of course I’m interested in any kind of thing that pushes Haida culture into the new centuries.”

      “[Atanarjuat] portraits real authentic story from the Nations it was from. It kind of gives you an idea about of how you can represent your culture on the screen.”

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      uploaded date: 07-06-2018

    • 7m 42s

      Sgaamsgid (Harold Williams)

      uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

      channel: Language

      Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

      'My english name is Harold Williams. My Haida name Sgaamsgid means big eyes in Haida.'

      'We are learning all the Haida words for the movie.'

      'My kids were so happy I was going in the movies. I didn't want to disappoint them.'

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      uploaded date: 07-06-2018

    • 7m 55s

      G_andll K'amalang (Marika Gladstone)

      uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

      channel: Language

      Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

      'My mom told me that there was something going on. She said that if I wanted I could try to audition.'

      'I just really like that kind of thing. To act and stuff like that.' 'I was raven child. I don't know how to describe myself.'

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      uploaded date: 07-06-2018

    • 11m 45s

      Nunthclioff (Russel Davis)

      uploaded by: clairelittoncohn

      channel: Language

      Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham

      'My white man name is Russel. My Haida name is Nunthclioff meaning long, lost one found. It was given to me by my aunty after I return home from residential school. The name means long lost, one found.'

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      uploaded date: 07-06-2018