Skidegate House Models : From Haida Gwaii to the Chicago World's Fair and Beyond Birds The Family of Nations

The Family of Nations

This story of a fearless hummingbird that carries single drops of water to stop a raging forest fire is taken from a parable of the Quechuan people of South America

Walter Echo-Hawk is a Native American attorney

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Skidegate House Models : From Haida Gwaii to the Chicago World's Fair and Beyond Birds The Family of NationsAuthor Robin K. Wright's community engaged research offers valuable insights into Northwest Coast art history by exploring the Skidegate model village carved by Haida artists for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. In 1892 seventeen Haida artists were commissioned to carve a model of HlGaagilda Llnagaay (the village of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia) for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. The Skidegate model, featuring twenty nine large houses