Haida

[hahy-duh]

noun

plural

Haidas ,

plural

Haida .

1. a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.

2. the language of the Haida people, part of the Na-Dene language group.

Haida

/ ˈhaɪdə /

noun

1. a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting the coast of British Columbia and SW Alaska

2. the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum

Other Word Forms

• Haidan adjective

Example Sentences

“We are a far cry from where we were last year,” said Roald Helgesen, chief operating officer of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska based in Juneau.

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For instance, if I show my tattoos or wear clothing with Haida designs, I am more likely to be seen as broadly Indigenous.

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Tlingit & Haida is the largest federally recognized tribe in Alaska, and hundreds of its members fish, both in commercial troll operations and for subsistence.

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He said he returned in March to the nearby village of Haida, where he witnessed the shooting of several artisanal gold miners by Amhara troops.

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Mr. Haida had said earlier that a “full-scale offensive” could begin after Feb. 15, as the Kremlin strains to show progress around the one-year mark of its invasion.

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