Metropolitan Vancouverites
Due to the temporal range, memory from Vancouver Sun were recounted from recent to distant with many articles portraying the protest. This ranges from the protest as a direct cause of the need for economic compensation (for loggers) to a successful memory.
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Descriptive tableaus of the protest and Haida artworks have been used as symbolic representations of the event at a local and international level. Both leaders within the logging companies and from the Haida communities are represented as (positive and negative) symbolic figures.
Guujaaw, president of the Council of Haida Nation at Lyell Island Protest in 1985
Source: Vancouver Sun
Attitude
The authors' tone in the articles have ranged from positive to negative. Most of the earlier articles have focused on the economic inconvenience as an aftermath of the protest. Gradually, a better understanding of the issue is achieved through several important spokespeople and limited political interest. As a result, there has been positive recognition of the protest for the Haida peoples.
Source: Shut the Province Down by Nicholas Bromley
Source: "This week" article from Vancouver Sun
Memory and Symbol
