Haida
Americannoun
-
Haidas,
plural
-
Haida
plural
-
a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
-
the language of the Haida people, part of the Na-Dene language group.
noun
-
a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting the coast of British Columbia and SW Alaska
-
the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
As somebody that grew up in British Columbia around the Haida and the different tribes that come from there, it’s steeped in my genes to recognize that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
“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
The following is a list of the principal villages: Haida: Aseguang.
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 John Wesley Powell
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
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
When the totemic constitution of the tribe or clan is weakened, the crest may become more important than the totem, as is the case among the Haidas.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
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
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
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
