In the 1830s a pidgin trade language based on Haida, known as Haida Jargon, was used in the islands by speakers of English, Haida, Coast Tsimshian, and Heiltsuk.[1]
^ abLyle Campbell (1997) American Indian Languages, p. 24
on Haida, known as HaidaJargon, was used in the islands by speakers of English, Haida, Coast Tsimshian, and Heiltsuk. Nootka Jargon Chinook Jargon Medny...
Haida /ˈhaɪdə/ (X̱aat Kíl, X̱aadas Kíl, X̱aayda Kil, Xaad kil) is the language of the Haida people, spoken in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast...
evidently was Jargon in use in Queen Charlotte, but this "HaidaJargon" is not known to have shared anything in common with Chinook Jargon or with the Nootkan-Chinookan...
HaidaJargon Chinook Jargon Medny Aleut language Thomas, Edward Harper (1935). Chinook: A History and Dictionary of the NorthWest Coast Trade Jargon:...
Hadza mythology HaidaHaida languages, formerly HaidaJargon Canada (Haida Gwaii), United States (Prince of Wales Island) Kaigani HaidaHaida Traditional...
and adjoining inland areas of present-day British Columbia. The Haida people (/ˈhaɪdə/ HY-də) are well known as skilled artisans of wood, metal and design...
The following is a listing of placenames from the Chinook Jargon, generally from the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, the Canadian Yukon...
Indigenous governance, as in the Haida Nation, which has rooted its democracy in potlatch law. The word comes from the Chinook Jargon, meaning "to give away" or...
Slavey Jargon (also Broken Slavey, Broken Slavé, Broken Slave, Broken Slavee, and le Jargon esclave) was a trade language used by Indigenous peoples and...
other peoples considered Indigenous peoples of the Americas; including the Haida, Tlingit, Athabascan, Inuit, Yupik peoples (Yuit/Alutiiq/Cup'ik), Inupiat...
"every scrap of themselves to the canoe", working in complete unity. The Haida of Haida Gwaii reputedly made the biggest ones - some 60 feet (18 metres) long...
as a carving substance in Haida art and only Haida are permitted to quarry for it. "Slatechuck" is a local Chinook Jargon usage combining "slate" with...
Mission Society (CMS) arrived amongst the Haida in 1876. These missionaries initially worked in the Haida language. They wrote the language down using...
Slatechuck Mountain, known as Kaagan in the Haida language, is a summit on south-central Graham Island in Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte...
Pacific coast with some sort of longhouse building traditions include the Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit Makah, Clatsop, Coast Salish and Multnomah. From beneath...
and people of all different mother tongues and nationalities used Chinook Jargon (along with English and French) to communicate with each other. Until the...
languages such as Haida and Tsimshian, but to what extent is unknown. Historically, Tlingit has borrowed from Russian, Chinook Jargon, and English. Borrowings...
spirits. Cumshewa, Cumshewa Inlet, Cunshewa Head: Cumshewa was a prominent Haida chief in the late 18th century, noted for the killing of the crew of the...
to introduced diseases, and conflict. A war between the Heiltsuk and the Haida involved reciprocal attacks, ending in 1852 with an agreement that has been...
number of smaller tribes, including the Iñupiat, Yup'ik, Aleut, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and others. Even with just a small number of communities that...
Denny Party left Portland on the schooner Exact, bound for Puget Sound and Haida Gwaii. The Exact carried a number of settlers bound for Puget Sound in addition...
connection between Tlingit and Haida, but the debate over Na-Dene gradually excluded Haida from the discussion. Haida is now considered an isolate, with...
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