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Haida

[ hahy-duh ]

noun

plural Haidas, (especially collectively) Haida
  1. a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
  2. the language of the Haida people, part of the Na-Dene language group.


Haida

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. -das-da a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting the coast of British Columbia and SW Alaska
  2. the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈᲹ岹, adjective
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For instance, if I show my tattoos or wear clothing with Haida designs, I am more likely to be seen as broadly Indigenous.

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Tlingit & Haida is the largest federally recognized tribe in Alaska, and hundreds of its members fish, both in commercial troll operations and for subsistence.

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He said he returned in March to the nearby village of Haida, where he witnessed the shooting of several artisanal gold miners by Amhara troops.

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Mr. Haida had said earlier that a “full-scale offensive” could begin after Feb. 15, as the Kremlin strains to show progress around the one-year mark of its invasion.

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When Rule created the Indigenous Guide to D.C., she was living less than a mile from this bronze sculpture by the late artist Bill Reid, a member of the Haida Nation in British Columbia.

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