Haida
Americannoun
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Haidas,
plural
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Haida
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a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
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the language of the Haida people, part of the Na-Dene language group.
noun
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a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting the coast of British Columbia and SW Alaska
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the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum
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Premier David Eby granted Aboriginal title of Haida Gwaii—formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands—on the West Coast to the Haida Nation, who constitute only about half the archipelago’s population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Yes, if you like a white man with a Haida tattoo on his shoulder, he’s “still” “hot.”
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2025
For instance, if I show my tattoos or wear clothing with Haida designs, I am more likely to be seen as broadly Indigenous.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2023
Tlingit & Haida is the largest federally recognized tribe in Alaska, and hundreds of its members fish, both in commercial troll operations and for subsistence.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
The house of the Haida was almost square, measuring perhaps forty or fifty feet on a side.
From American Indians by Frederick Starr
The Haidas dwelt where both bodily strength and mental activity were stimulated.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington
Having settled dwellings, the Haidas could accumulate property and acquire that feeling of permanence which is one of the most important conditions for the development of civilization.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington
Those of Queen Charlotte Islands, still farther north, are known as Haidas.
From The Western United States A Geographical Reader by Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks
The Haidas, on the contrary, were showing real originality.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington
The Haidas lacked the relentless energy of the Iroquois and shared the comparatively gentle character which prevailed among all the Indians along the Pacific Coast.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington
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