Gidansda Guujaaw
Gidansda Guujaaw | |
|---|---|
| 7th President of the Haida Nation | |
| In office January 20, 1999 – November 16, 2012 | |
| Vice President | Harold Yeltatzie |
| Preceded by | Ron Brown Jr |
| Succeeded by | Kil tlaats 'gaa (Peter Lantin) |
| In office January 20, 1999 – January 20, 2003 | |
| Vice President | Arnie Bellis |
| In office January 20, 2004 – January 20, 2010 | |
| Vice President | Xiihliikingang (April Churchill) |
| In office January 20, 2011 – January 20, 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gidansda Giindajin Haawasti Guujaaw January 1, 1953 Massett, Haida Gwaii |
| Relations | Gwaai Edenshaw (son) |
| Residence(s) | Skidegate, Haida Gwaii |
Gidansda Giindajin Haawasti Guujaaw, also known as Gary Edenshaw, is a singer, wood carver, traditional medicine practitioner, political activist and leader. He of Gakyaals Kiiqawaay, a Haida family of the Raven moiety. He has currently inherited the name Gidansda from his potlatch in 2017, the title of Gakyaals Kiiqawaay hereditary leader. The family's alternate name, "Skedans", is an anglicized mispronunciation of the family's hereditary leader's title.