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Ethnic group
Haida
X̱aayda, X̱aadas, X̱aad, X̱aat
Flag of the Council of the Haida Nation (CHN)
Map of traditional Haida territory
Regions with significant populations
Canada
4,849[1]
United States
5,977[2]
Languages
Haida, English
Religion
Haida, Christianity
People
Haida
Language
Haida kil
Country
Haida Gwaii
The Haida (English: /ˈhaɪdə/, Haida: X̱aayda, X̱aadas, X̱aad, X̱aat) are an Indigenous group who have traditionally occupied Haida Gwaii, an archipelago just off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, for at least 12,500 years.[3]
The Haida are known for their craftsmanship, trading skills, and seamanship. They are known to have frequently carried out raids and to have practised slavery.[4][5][6] The Haida have been compared to the Vikings of Scandinavia by Diamond Jenness, an early anthropologist at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.[7]
In Haida Gwaii, the Haida government consists of a matrix of national and regional hereditary, legislative, and executive bodies including the Hereditary Chiefs Council, the Council of the Haida Nation (CHN), Old Massett Village Council, Skidegate Band Council, and the Secretariat of the Haida Nation. The Kaigani Haida live north of the Canadian and U.S. border which cuts through Dixon Entrance south of Prince of Wales Island (Tlingit: Taan) in Southeast Alaska, United States; Haida from K'iis Gwaii in the Duu Guusd region of Haida Gwaii migrated north in the early 18th century. Some members of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska are of Haida heritage.[8]
^Government of British Columbia. "Haida Nation, Council of The". Retrieved October 9, 2022.
^United States Census Bureau. "2015: ACS 5-Year Estimates American Indian and Alaska Native Detailed Tables". Retrieved October 15, 2020.
^Fedje, Daryl (2005). Haida Gwaii Human History and Environment. Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-7748-0921-4.
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^"Warfare". Canadian Museum of Civilization. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
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