Hoobiyee 2025 awakens Indigenous culture and spirit https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2025-03-03/hoobiyee-2025-awakens-indigenous-culture-and-spirit
www.hashilthsa.com · Hoobiyee 2025 awakens Indigenous culture and spirit | Ha-Shilth-Sa NewspaperLike a fog horn guiding ships through ocean waves, the deep sound of a conch shell called dancers to the floor as the slow, steady beat of a drum group reverberated off Vancouver’s PNE Forum walls. Over 10,000 loud and proud First Nations came together to take part in Hoobiyee 2025 Nisga’a Ts’amiks Edition and the Nis’gaa New Year on Feb. 28 and March 1, showing unity and strength in the journey to revitalize Indigenous culture; a culture the Canadian government nearly stamped out with potlatch bans, residential schools and the ‘60s scoop.
