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?