Haida

American  

[hahy-duh] / ˈhaɪ də /

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.

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Haida British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• Haidan
  adjective

Example Sentences

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

“To me, the communities on the Yukon River, they’re the canary in the mine,” said Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson, president of the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Population.—The population of the Haida is 2,500, none of whom are at present under an agent.

From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley