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Haida
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Hai·da  (hd)
n. pl. Haida or Hai·das
1. A Native American people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, Canada, and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
2. A member of this people.
3. Any or all of the language varieties spoken by the Haida.

[Haida à·t'e·, à·de·, the people, from à·ta·, à·da·, to be human.]

Haidan adj.

Haida [ˈhaɪdə]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -das, -da a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting the coast of British Columbia and SW Alaska
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum
Haidan  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.HaidaHaida - a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska
American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
2.Haida - the Na-Dene language of the Haida
Na-Dene - a family of North American Indian languages


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I consider myself one of the most fortunate of men, to have lived at a time when some of the old Haidas and their peers among the Northwest Coast peoples were still alive, and to have had the privilege of knowing them.
The cast grew to three hundred, representing many tribes, including Seminoles, Tlingits, Haidas, Dakotas, and Cherokees.
 
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