Haida
Americannoun
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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
“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
In his Queen Charlotte Islands, 1870, Dawson publishes the part of this table relating to the Haida, with the statement that he received it from Dr. W. F.
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
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 Huntington, Ellsworth
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 Huntington, Ellsworth
The Haidas dwelt where both bodily strength and mental activity were stimulated.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth
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 Jastrow, Morris
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 Huntington, Ellsworth
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