The McCord Museum invites everyone to visit the archipelago of Haida Gwaii on Canada’s northwest coast. With more than 100 rare objects—most of them from the Museum’s rich Indigenous Cultures collection—as well as works by contemporary artists, the exhibition immerses visitors in the Haida culture of yesterday and today, as they discover the beauty and priceless treasures of a culture that was almost wiped out in the late 19th century.

Emerging Haida culture

In addition to presenting rare objects, some of them for the first time, Sding K’awXangs—Haida: Supernatural Stories showcases the vitality of Haida culture today, with more than a dozen works by seven artists carrying on the Haida artistic tradition: John Brent Bennett, Dorothy Grant, Lisa Hageman, Ariane Medley, Cori Savard, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and Evelyn Vanderhoop. The exhibition also features works by Bill Reid (1920–98), one of the best known and most celebrated Haida artists.