Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, Canada, and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
- noun Any or all of the language varieties spoken by the Haida.
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- proper noun an indigenous nation of the Northwest Coast of
North America , living primarily inBritish Columbia andAlaska . - proper noun the indigenous language of this people.
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- noun a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska
- noun the Na-Dene language of the Haida
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Haida are a Pacific Northwest native tribe that lives in British Columbia.
Rabbi Lawrence Troster: Ethical Responsibility And Climate Change: We're All In The Same Boat Rabbi Lawrence Troster 2011
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The Haida are a Pacific Northwest native tribe that lives in British Columbia.
Rabbi Lawrence Troster: Ethical Responsibility And Climate Change: We're All In The Same Boat Rabbi Lawrence Troster 2011
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The Haida were the geniuses of the west coast and though hundreds of miles to the north and far out at sea, would come down annually to raid down here, against the Salish and other tribes for slaves oddly left out of most 'traditional heritage enactments'.
Archive 2009-03-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009
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The Haida were the geniuses of the west coast and though hundreds of miles to the north and far out at sea, would come down annually to raid down here, against the Salish and other tribes for slaves oddly left out of most 'traditional heritage enactments'.
Royal British Columbia Museum: Old Town, Cruise, Long House & slutty wharf women Elizabeth McClung 2009
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Three Haida men in a 1500-person town on Queen Charlotte Island in northern BC opened a restaurant in a longhouse called HaidaBucks, because locals call the Haida men "Haida Bucks."
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Or, my favourite, the on-site hotel called Haida Way.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAULA CITRON 2011
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What changed was B.C. lost two more crucial court cases, called Haida and Taku, as John told Campbell at their next meeting.
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Salish Sea - and if the Haida were a smaller percentage of the population.
Crosscut 2009
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Salish Sea - and if the Haida were a smaller percentage of the population.
Crosscut 2009
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What changed was B.C. lost two more crucial court cases, called Haida and Taku, as John told Campbell at their next meeting.
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