Gidansda Guujaaw
Gidansda Guujaaw | |
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| 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 |
| Relations | Gwaai Edenshaw (son) |
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Gidansda Giindajin Haawasti Guujaaw, also known as Gary Edenshaw, (born 1953), is a Haida environmental and political activist and leader, singer, dancer and artist. He is a hereditary chief of the Haida Nation of Haida Gwaii, in British Columbia, Canada, and was president of the Council of the Haida Nation for four terms, from 1999 to 2012. He is a special advisor to the Coastal First Nations. He has been called a "Haida icon" and "the Heartbeat of the Haida Nation".