Kiidk’yaas means “ancient tree” in Xaad Kíl. It was the name of a sacred golden spruce tree. As the story goes, when the ancient people had mistreated each other, the creator was angered and buried the entire village in snow."An old man and a boy hid under a cedar plank till they heard a bird call," Mr. Guujaaw said. The only two survivors of the village ran up the Yakoun River, and the old man to…