The Killing of K’iid K'yaas. Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site.

In 1997, a lifelong Canadian logger had reached the end of his rope. For years Grant Hadwin attempted to sound the alarm to the dangers of the logging industry, but his attempts to speak for the trees repeatedly fell on deaf ears. Ultimately, he did something almost unforgivable, he cut down K’iid K'yaas - a sacred, protected and beloved Sitka Spruce. His hopes of using the act to garner attention to the evils of logging backfired and shortly after committing the crime, Grant Hadwin disappeared forever.

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Sources:

Book: The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant

Documentary: Hadwin's Judgement

Articles, Journals & Websites:

Haida Laas - Journal of the Haida Nation

Council of the Haida Nation

Haida Tourism

Gwaii Haanas / Government of Canada

Tapestry Institute: Weaving Indigenous Knowledge Into Life

New Yorker - The Golden Bough

The New York Times

Colorado Fire Camp 

Wikipedia - Hecate Strait

Tree Sisters

British Columbia: An Untold History

The Nation

Haida Ethics and Values 

Podcasts:

The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird - The Golden Spruce, Part One and Two

Videos:

Justinthetrees: What Happened to the Golden Spruce?