Haida
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Haidas,
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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.
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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
Among the Tlingit and Haida this is surmounted by a curious, tall cylinder, which is divided into several joints, or segments, called skil.
From American Indians by Frederick Starr
The Haidas, like the Iroquois, appear to have been a people who were still advancing.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington
In 1800 the pure-blooded natives numbered 23,531, of whom 6000 were Haidas, Thlinkits or other natives of the coastal region, 1000 Aleuts, 3400 Athapascans and 13,100 Eskimo.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
This was apparently the reason why the Iroquois, although successful in other ways, failed to establish permanent towns like those of the Pueblos and the Haidas.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington
On the Pacific coast, the Haidas, etc., of British Columbia—and the same is true of their neighbours, the Tlingits of southeastern Alaska—have become interested as labourers in the commercial fisheries, principally the salmon industry.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
The Haidas, on the contrary, were showing real originality.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington
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