Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas has worked on finding progressive solutions to contemporary social and environmental issues in the Pacific archipelago of Haida Gwaii. Recalling that substantive changes depended historically on the deeds and voices of people from small villages, he echoes the hummingbird’s message by saying, “Only the unlikely become heroes.” His artwork is published and exhibited in Asia and North America and a full-length Haida Manga book will be released in 2009. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Michael will be at the Campbell River Writers' Festival, Words on the Water, in April. You can read more about his work and check out his schedule here.