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

“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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 13, 2025

Yes, if you like a white man with a Haida tattoo on his shoulder, he’s “still” “hot.”

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025

Leila Perez, an ʔálʔal Café manager, who is also a member of the Tlingit and Haida tribes, said the eatery is a space where Native people can reaffirm their heritage.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Instead of being Haida, Irish, Ojibwe and British, my identities are collapsed into an acronym for ease of reference.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2023

Among the Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands, when a sick man is to be cured, three or four Shamans come together at his side.

From American Indians by Starr, Frederick