Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (born 1954) is a visual artist, and creator of Haida manga

Haida Manga

Haida Manga is a new style of Haida comics and print cartoons that explores the elements of both traditional North Pacific indigenous arts and narrative, while also adapting contemporary techniques of artistic design from the Eastern portion of the North Pacific, namely the Japanese manga from...

, from Delkatla in Masset on Haida Gwaii.

His work is exhibited in Japan, Korea, England, and Canada. In addition to works on paper, mulberry bark, canvases and metal sculptures Yahgulanaas continues to publish books. The original 5 meter long mural that was published in 2009 as "RED, a Haida manga" is on a multi year exhibit tour. Another book, "Hachidori" has sold over 100,000 copies in Japan with a single day record sale of 20,000 copies. "Flight of the Hummingbird" first published in North America and now available in five languages is also a best seller and includes essays contributed by the Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...

 and Nobel Peace prize

Nobel Peace Prize

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 winner Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai

Wangari Muta Mary Jo Maathai was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya...

. "Declaration of Interdependence" by Dr David Suzuki was illustrated by Yahgulanaas.

Yahgulanaas works in metal includes commissions from the British Museum (2010), The City of Vancouver (2011) and the Winter 2010 Olympics organizing committee.

Although Yahgulanaas trained under master carvers his brief exposure to Chinese brush techniques with Cai Ben Kwan encouraged a departure from the typical expressions of the Haida Art form and the development of a new genre of narrative art called "Haida manga." A descendant of the much noted Haida artist, Charles Edenshaw a member of the Saangaahl laanas sdastaas clan, he was raised by Bruce Hageman of the same Clan and Babs Hageman (Yahjaanaas) in the historic site of Delkatla, Haida Gwaii.

Published works

• "A Tale of Two Shamans" (2001)
• "The Last Voyage of the Black Ship" (2001)
• "A Lousy Tale" (2004)
• "Hachidori" (2005)
• "Flight of the Hummingbird" (2008)
• "RED, A Haida Manga" (2009)
• "The Canoe He Called Loo Taas" illustrations (2010)
• "The Little Hummingbird" (2010)
• "The Declaration of Interdependence" illustrations (2010)
• "Red: A Haida Manga", ISBN 9781553653530 (2009)
• "The Canoe He Called Loo Taas" ISBN 9780978255367(2010)

External links

• http://www.rockingraven.com
• http://www.haidamanga.com
• http://www.mny.ca