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Collection consists of Haisla cultural documentation and X̄a’islak̓ala/X̌àh̓isl̩ak̓ala (Haisla language) learning material, including sound recordings, stories, a dictionary, and lessons/workbooks. The collection has been divided into two series:

1. Sound recordings
2. Textual materials

Series consists of written X̄a’islak̓ala (Haisla language) documentation and learning materials by the Dutch linguist Hein Vink (also known as Henry Vink). These language materials consist of a dictionary, one beginner course book, and one advanced level Haisla learning course book. The series also contains written tellings of traditional Kitimat stories, as told by Jeffrey Legaic and collected by Gisele Mendel.

Series consists of six sound recordings, digitized from three cassette tapes. Recorded content includes Xa'islakala vocabulary and sentence exercises, along with compiled segments of radio reports and interviews regarding events in and around Kitimat in the 1970s and early 1980s. Recorded language materials are intended to be used as supplementary to the textual course materials.

Recording of X̄a’islak̓ala exercises. Course goes through basic vocabulary, with an English term being translated into X̄a’islak̓ala. X̄a’islak̓ala speakers are Kay and Nelson Grant.

Xa'islakala translations provided by Emilia Grant, for sentences supplied in English by Henry Vink.

First segment is a recording of X̄a’islak̓ala exercises. Course goes through basic vocabulary, with an English term being translated into X̄a’islak̓ala. X̄a’islak̓ala speakers are Kay and Nelson Grant.

Second segment contains longer X̄a’islak̓ala sentences, initially provided in English and translated into X̄a’islak̓ala.

Item is a compilation of stories of and about Kitimaat, as told by Jeffrey Legaic in 1978. Stories were collected by Gisele Mendel for her grandchildren.

The first segment is a compilation of radio reports and interviews about John Baldwin's hiking accident and subsequent rescue on Hudson Bay Mountain. John Baldwin was a friend of Dirk, Gisela Mendel's son.

The second segment is a radio report and interview about Dirk Mendel's encounter with a grizzly bear while on a hiking trip.

The third segment is a radio weather report about a heavy snow fall in Kitimat, Terrace, Burns Lake, and the surrounding areas. The segment also contains an interview about the snowfall with Nisga'a band councillor Chester Moore.

Recording of X̄a’islak̓ala exercises. Course goes through basic vocabulary, with an English term being translated into X̄a’islak̓ala. X̄a’islak̓ala speakers are Kay and Nelson Grant.

Item is a X̄a’islak̓ala language course, with exercises. The course is based on a wordlist compiled in 1974 by linguist Hein Vink. Vink was helped by Jeffrey Legaic, Irene Starr, Amelia Grant, Kay Grant, Nelson Grant, and others. Accompanying the course are sound recordings, located in the Sound recordings series within this collection.

Recording contains X̄a’islak̓ala translations provided for sentences supplied in English by Henry Vink.

Item is a dictionary of X̄a’islak̓ala, compiled by Hein Vink from 1975 to 1979.

Item is an advanced level course on X̄a’islak̓ala, edited by Hein Vink. The course focuses on orthography and grammar/syntax.