Xaad Kilang T'alang Dagwiieehldaang

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dc.contributor.authorBell, Lucy
dc.contributor.supervisorUrbanczyk, Suzanne Claire
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-09T14:44:11Z
dc.date.available2016-05-09T14:44:11Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016-05-09
dc.degree.departmentProgram: Indigenous Educationen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Haida language, Xaad Kil is dangerously close to extinction and in need of heroic action. The purpose of this study is to find out what ancient traditions and beliefs we could incorporate into our language revitalization efforts. Drawing on archival literature and community knowledge, I found almost 100 traditional ways to support Xaad Kil revitalization. There are four main chapters: Haida foods, Haida medicines, Haida rituals and ceremonies and Haida supernatural beings that could contribute to Xaad Kil revitalization. The food chapter features two-dozen traditional foods from salmon to berries that support a healthy lifestyle for Haida language speakers and that could strengthen our connections to the supernatural world. The Haida medicine chapter features two dozen traditional medicines from single-delight to salt water that could heal, strengthen and purify the Haida language learner. The ritual and ceremony chapter features over two-dozen rituals from devil’s club rituals to labret piercing ceremonies that could strengthen Haidas and our language learning. The supernatural being chapter features twenty-three supernatural beings including Greatest Crab and Lady Luck that could bring a language learner wealth, knowledge, luck and strength. This study suggests that a Xaad kil learner and the Xaad kil language need to be pure, protected, connected, lucky, strong, healthy, respected, loved and wise. The path to these qualities is within the traditions and beliefs featured in this research. This study is significant because it shows that the language revitalization answers are within and all around us.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0290en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0326en_US
dc.description.proquestemaillucybell@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationBell, L. and Collison, V. (2011). In Steedman, S and Collison, N (Eds.) That Which Makes Us Haida. Haida Gwaii, British Columbia: Haida Gwaii Museum Press.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7293
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectlanguage revitalizationen_US
dc.subjectHaidaen_US
dc.subjectNorthwest Coasten_US
dc.subjectindigenousen_US
dc.subjecttraditional fooden_US
dc.subjecttraditional medicineen_US
dc.subjecttraditional healingen_US
dc.subjectspiritualityen_US
dc.subjectsupernaturalen_US
dc.subjectritualen_US
dc.subjectceremonyen_US
dc.subjectFirst Nationsen_US
dc.subjectxaad kilen_US
dc.subjectaboriginalen_US
dc.subjectlanguage isolateen_US
dc.titleXaad Kilang T'alang Dagwiieehldaangen_US
dc.title.alternativeStrengthening our Haida voiceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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