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Haida, a. and n.|ˈhaɪdə|
Also Haidah, Hydah.
[Native word meaning ‘people’.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a North American Indian people living on the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, and on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
B. n.
a. A member of this people; also in collective sense.
b. The language of this people.
1841Jrnl. R. Geogr. Soc. XI. 219 The Haidah tribes of the Northern Family inhabit Queen Charlotte's Island. Ibid., Since the sea-otter has been destroyed, the Haidahs have become poor. 1862F. Poole Diary 5 Aug. in Queen Charlotte Islands (1871) vi. 73 Two Hydah chiefs and four of their women. Ibid. 75 He reciprocated by initiating me into the mysteries of the Hydah tongue. 1869Mainland Guardian (New Westminster, B.C.) 30 Oct. 3/2 We bought a large Hydah canoe for $50, and hired ten siwashes (nine Hydahs and one bog-will Indian), for $10 a month. 1890J. G. Frazer Golden Bough I. i. 26 When a Haida Indian wishes to obtain a fair wind, he..shoots a raven. 1914W. H. Rivers Kinship & Soc. Organisation ii. 54 The only people among whom it has been recorded are the Haidahs of Queen Charlotte Island. 1921E. Sapir Lang. iii. 56 Haida, the Indian language spoken in the Queen Charlotte Islands. 1959E. Tunis Indians 136/1 In the north the Tlingit and the Haida were related to the Dené. Ibid. 136/2 A Haida house. 1969Times 22 Sept. 14/2 A Haida amulet from the Queen Charlotte Islands has a bilaterally symmetrical design. |