Nang Jáadaa Sg̱áana ‘Láanaa aa Isdáayaan (The Woman Carried Away by Killer Whales - Written in Haida)

Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has released its first-ever children’s book entirely in the Haida language, X̱aad Kíl. The book,  Nang Jáadaa Sg̱ áana ‘ Láanaa aa Isdáayaan,   or  The Woman Carried Away by Killer Whales  in English, is part of Sealaska Heritage Institute’s award-winning  Baby Raven Reads program . The traditional Haida story features a hunter who successfully hunts a sea otter and forgets to thank the otter for its life. When he gifts the otter to his wife, it comes back to life and swims away. She jumps in after it and is captured by the S G aan, the killer whales. ...