Haana Edenshaw is a member of the Tsiits Gitanee clan of the Haida Nation. She grew up on Haida Gwaii learning from her Elders and her land. She is a second-year student at Deep Springs College in California. She has been an environmental justice and Indigenous rights activist for much of her life and has been working with cultural revitalization and language learning. She is one of 15 youth suing the Canadian government for their contributions to the climate crisis. She is also a board member of the Vancouver-based charity Justice For Girls.