Haida

[ hahy-duh ]

/ ˈhaɪ də /

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.

Example sentences from the Web for haida

These are the Haida tribes, and consist of strikingly intelligent Indians.

My Native Land |James Cox
He put this into the water, and it stretched itself out and became the Haida Country.

Myths and Legends of British North America |Katharine Berry Judson
Swanton, Contributions to the Ethnology of the Haida, p. 62.

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life |Emile Durkheim
They are much more frequent in the neighbouring tribe of the Haida; here there are always several for each house.

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life |Emile Durkheim

Exceptions to this rule are found among the Haida, where both eagle and raven are in the eagle phratry.

Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia |Northcote W. Thomas

Haida

/ (ˈhaɪdə) /

plural -das or -da 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

Haidan, adjective