Featured Video
"SGaanaGwa: Integration of Haida Worldview of Supernatural landscape and Jazz, Blues, Folk, and Rock"
We were enchanted by the music performed at the Vancouver Folk Festival, especially the Indigenous groups who were representing a culture and sound that finally was getting the recognition it deserved. SGaanaGwa was awesome.
Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson at Comox Valley Art Gallery
“My practice of law, music, art, and writing are all grounded in a desire to contribute to our understanding of humanity’s relationship with the land and sea.”
In collaboration with CVAG’s community partners, the work of Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson is presented through community engagement events that include cultural sharing + teachings, education outreach to local schools and the public, the annual Iona Campagnolo lecture, an art opening + artist talk, and a music concert.
29 SEPT – 31 DEC / SOLO EXHIBITION CVAG
Press Photos
Click image to download larger file - for press and publicity use only. Photos by Farah Nosh.
Music Videos
CEDAR SISTER
From the ‘Grizzly Bear Town’ album released 9-August-2017, this video released on Earth Day, 2018. Read more →
Grizzly Bear Town
In honour of gid7ahl-Gudsllaay, Susan Williams, nee Young, nee Moody. Nanaay 7aawaay, great-grandmother, song custodian, ancestress of the Skedans Ravens, and centenarian who lived from about 1862-1971. Read more →
My Mind is Relieved
‘My Mind is Relieved’ is from the ‘Grizzly Bear Town’ album released in August 2017. My husband Robert Davidson composed this song to celebrate the completion of a tremendous undertaking, such as a potlatch. He gifted this song to all Haida people at the conclusion of his potlatch on October 29, 2016. Read more →
"CANOE SONG' MUSIC VIDEO
This song is an ancient song that survived with the Kwakwakawa'kw Nation, where it was used as a War Cycle Song. According to William Wasden Jr., it was sung upon returning from war when warriors sang about the Supernatural Beings they had personified during battle. When it was returned to the Haida Nation we used it as a canoe song and a peaceful song marking the end of one's life, and the journey into the Spirit World. Read more →
Law and Activism
Indigenous Law - Weaving Together Our Future:
The Interaction of Haida Laws to Achieve Respectful Co-Existence.
Peter A. Allard School of Law - Pecha Kucha November 2019
“Sustainable Futures - How Alumni Are Creating a Climate of Change”. Terri-Lynn discusses her process and influences around her latest projects.
Story Videos
Our story about the influences behind the song and album, ‘Grizzly Bear Town’.
Recorded and filmed on location in beautiful Haida Gwaii.
The Story of Foam Woman, Haida Supernatural Being.
