On Haida Gwaii, signs of reconciliation can be as small as the Indigenous artwork seen on Kris Olsen's eyepatch. "I'm super honoured that I've been accepted," said Olsen, the mayor of Queen Charlotte Village. Born and raised when the entire archipelago was still known as Queen Charlotte Islands, Olsen was adopted into the Skedans Raven clan after marriage. It was nine years ago that its name changed under the Haida Gwaii Reconciliation Act, capping off a series of agreements and pieces of legislation that made reconciliation a political part of life, well before the vast majority of B.C. Queen Charlotte Village Mayor Kris Olsen was adopted into the Skedans Raven clan after marriage and has the Haida name of Dluujuu.

Source: CBC News March 20, 2019 11:00 UTC