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Definition of Haida
1. Noun. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
2. Noun. The Na-Dene language of the Haida.
Definition of Haida
1. Proper noun. an indigenous nation of the Northwest Coast of North America, living primarily in British Columbia and Alaska ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haida
Literary usage of Haida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1905)
"About six thousand haida were then upon the Queen Charlotte Islands and the ...
All together the haida thus count in the neighborhood of nine hundred souls, ..."
2. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"Re: work on a biography of Florence Eden- shaw Davidson, a haida woman. Includes:
letter to Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.; project report; History of the Queen ..."
3. Early Civilization: An Introduction to Anthropology by Alexander Goldenweiser (1922)
"This culture is most clearly represented by the Tlingit and haida. ... The Tlingit
and haida speaking tribes are hunters and fishermen. ..."
4. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1902)
"NOTES ON THE haida LANGUAGE BY JOHN R. SWANTON The following preliminary sketch of
... I have omitted the anterior palatal series, because the haida sounds ..."
5. General Index to the Reports of Progress, 1863 to 1884 by Geological Survey of Canada, Donaldson Bogart Dowling (1900)
"Horn dish used hy haida Indians, figure 18, (78- Hot Spring Island, QCIs., ...
Horn ladle of haida workmanship, illustrated House, plan and elevation of, ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"I found the I names used by the Nutka, Salish, Tsimshian, and haida. ... The haida
and Tlingit, on the other hand, have numerous gentes, which are arranged ..."
7. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1907)
"Dr. Swanton's contribution to haida ethnology is another fruitful result of the
... There are also given lists of haida families, villages and houses, ..."
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