oday, James arranged for us to visit Skedans, another of the Haida heritage sites that is part of the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and
Haida Heritage Site. It is a National Historic Site of Canada though it is not a UNESCO World Heritage Site like SGang Gwaay.
The Haida name for Skedans is K’uuna Llnagaay (Village at the Edge) but the village had several other names as well, including Huadji-lanas (“Grizzly Bear Town”) because of the large number of grizzly bear carvings found there. Visiting fur traders named it Skedans, a corruption of the name of its chief, Gida’nsta which means “From His Daughter”, a title of respect used by children when addressing a person of high rank.
