It is the last remaining, traditional Haida longhouse in the United States, but was not maintained from 1940 until 2011. Fred Olsen is vice-president of the Organized Village of Kasaan.

KASAAN, Alaska — A grant will help speed restoration of the oldest Haida longhouse in Alaska. The original house was built 130 years ago by Haida chief Son-i-Hat. It was known as called Naay I ...

A nearly-half-million-dollar grant will speed restoration of Alaska’s oldest Haida longhouse. The structure was first built 130 years ago.Download Audio ...

In front of two longhouses on Windy Bay on Lyell Island, part of Gwaii Haanas National Park, we met Vince Collison, our first Haida Watchmen. The Watchmen spend their summers protecting their ...

Some Huron longhouses had holes cut in the top of the roof, which were also covered with either bark or hides to protect the inside from the rain or snow (as pictured above right). Although similar to ...

PORT ANGELES — Artwork by Susan Hamilton, Haida Master Bead Artist, will be on display in House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse from Tuesday to Dec. 14. The exhibit includes a series of ...

As the morning of Sept. 3 broke warm and clear over the village of Kasaan, a small southeast Alaskan village of approximately 50 year-round residents, a ...

Inside their cavernous longhouse, Allard stands before a pyramid of feast bowls painted in delicate red, black, and turquoise formline designs that were used as part of the potlatch.

Built in 1939 to sell souvenirs, the sturdy cedar structure was called by its owner-builders the Haida House Curio Shop. ... (Venting a central fire pit was necessary for a Haida longhouse, ...

On the eve of the Vancouver Art Gallery's landmark exhibit of Haida art, SARAH MILROY travels to the Queen Charlotte Islands. She finds emotions running high on both sides of the cultural divide ...

Haida people also lived in large houses that could hold many people. The families that lived in the house were also part of a clan. There was usually only one fire in the center of the house, but ...