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Haida Villages
This is a list of Haida people, Haida villages, located in Haida Gwaii and Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The following list includes material from John R. Swanton, John R. Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America'' and the Canadian Museum of History. The Haida language names for places on Haida Gwaii are primarily derived from information published by the Council of the Haida Nation. Currently active Kaigani (Alaska) *Hydaburg, Alaska, Hydaburg, on the north shore of Sukkwan Strait, Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Prince of Wales Island. *Kasaan, on Skowl Arm of Kasaan Bay, east coast of Prince of Wales Island. Graham Island (Canada) *Old Massett, Old Masset (), located at the mouth of Masset Inlet on the north coast of Graham Island. *Skidegate (), on the north shore of Skidegate Inlet near its entrance, on the southeast coast of Graham Island. Historical villages and towns *Chaatl (), at the western entrance to Skidegate Inlet. *Cape ...
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Haida People
The Haida (, , , , ) are an Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. They constitute one of 203 First Nations in British Columbia and 231 federally recognized List of Alaska Native tribal entities, tribes in Alaska. Their traditional territory include Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the coast of British Columbia, and the southern half of Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Prince of Wales Island, in Southeast Alaska. Their language is Haida language, Haida, a linguistic isolate. The Haida are known for their craftsmanship, trading skills, and seamanship. They are known to have frequently carried out raids and History of slavery#Among indigenous peoples, to have practiced slavery. In Canada, the Haida are represented by Council of the Haida Nation, Council of the Haida Nation (CHN), in addition to the two village band governments, Old Massett Village Council and Skidegate Band Council. Federally recognized Haida tribes in the United States include the Cent ...
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Cape Ball
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment of any length that hangs loosely and connects either at the neck or shoulders. They usually cover the back, shoulders, and arms. They come in a variety of styles and have been used throughout history for many different reasons.   Semantic distinction In fashion, the word "cape" usually refers to a shorter garment and "cloak" to a full-length version of the different types of garment, though the two terms are sometimes used synonymously for full-length coverings. A shoulder cape is thus sometimes called a "capelet". The fashion cape does not cover the front to any appreciable degree. In raingear, a cape is usually a long and roomy protective garment worn to keep one dry in the rain. History The first known usage of capes is unknown, but some early references we know of are from Ancient Roman military uniforms. Later on, capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. They ...
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Long Island (Alaska)
Long Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, United States. It lies across the Kaigani Strait from the southern portion of Dall Island and west of the southern part of Prince of Wales Island. Directly to its north is Sukkwan Island. Long Island forms part of the western boundary of Cordova Bay, and has a land area of 116.136 km2 (44.84 sq mi) and was unpopulated at the 2000 census. Long Island was the site of the Kaigani Haida village of Howkan, once one of the largest Haida villages This is a list of Haida people, Haida villages, located in Haida Gwaii and Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The following list includes material from John R. Swanton, John R. Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North ..., which may originally have been a winter residence. During the 19th century it was cited variously as having 300-500 residents. The Haida village of Kweundlas (Koianglas) was also located on Long Island. ...
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Hiellen River
The Hiellen River () is a river on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii of British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... It flows north into McIntyre Bay to the east of Taaw Tldáaw, and is entirely within Naikoon Provincial Park, which covers most of the peninsula of the same name. At the mouth of the Hiellen River is Hiellen Indian Reserve No. 2, which is on the site of Hiellen, a once-large Haida village whose remaining families located to Masset during the 19th Century. See also * List of rivers of British Columbia References * Rivers of Haida Gwaii Graham Island {{BritishColumbiaCoast-river-stub ...
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Hiellen
Hiellen, anglicized from the Haida name , and also spelled in various ways such as Hliiyalang ( Bringhurst) and Łi'elᴀñ ( Swanton), was a historic Haida village located on the northern shore of Graham Island, at the mouth of the Hiellen River, across the river from Taaw Tldáaw (formerly "Tow Hill"), in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. The site of Hiellen is in the Indian Reserve known as Hiellen 2, about east of "Yagan 3". Hiellen is located about east of Masset, about north of Skidegate, and about west of Prince Rupert, on the mainland across Hecate Strait. History Hiellen was a very old village, occupied for a long period in prehistoric times. Two different branches of the Eagle moeity trace their origin back to Hiellen. In the early 19th century the most important Eagle chief at Hiellen, who occupied the largest house, was known as Sqilao. However the town's head chief was a Raven known as Giatlins. Sqilao, was a close relative of the first known Chi ...
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Maude Island
Maude Island is an island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago of the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located within Skidegate Inlet, a large saltwater inlet within Graham Island. It is the larger of two island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...s in British Columbia by that name, the other being a small islet offshore from Nanoose Bay and Lantzville on southeastern Vancouver Island. It is the location of the former Haida village known as Haina. "Ha'ina" is the name of the island in ''Haad Kil'', the Haida language. References Islands of Haida Gwaii {{BritishColumbia-island-stub ...
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Haina (Haida Village)
Haina () was a Haida village located on the east side of Maude Island (Haida: ''Xaayna Gwaay'') in Skidegate Inlet, Haida Gwaii. Today the village site is in the Indian Reserve In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." ... known as Khrana 4. Haina was founded around 1875 by refugees from Kaisun (also spelled Qaysun), during the Haida village abandonment and consolidation that occurred in the wake of multiple epidemics, especially the 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic, which alone killed over 50%, in some areas up to 90%, of the Haida people. Although the village of Haina was new, it was built on an old site known as Xayna or Haina. The village was sometimes called "New Gold Harbour", since Kaisun was sometimes called "Gold Harbour" or "Old Gold Harbour" after a smal ...
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Parry Passage
Parry Passage is a strait and marine waterway between Langara Island (N) and Graham Island (S) in Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, in British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... Name origin and history Also called Parry Channel, the passage was named for William E. Parry, the explorer. The passage was named in 1953 by Commander James Prevost of , after W.E. Parry, a close friend. It had been previously named Cox's Channel after one of the backers of , commanded by William Douglas in the area in 1788–1789. Joseph Ingraham in 1791–1792 named it "Cunneyah's Streights" icafter the chief of nearby Kiusta. Jacinto Caamano named it ''Puerto de Floridablanca'' in 1792 after the Conde de Floridablanca. The first de ...
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Langara Island
Langara Island, known as Kiis Gwaii to the Haida ( Haida: ''Ḵ'íis Gwáayaay''), is the northernmost island of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada. The island is approximately in size. It is located approximately south of Alaska. History Little is known about its history. It is named after Spanish naval commander Juan de Lángara. During Lángara's period at the head of the Spanish navy, Spanish explorers were charting the coast of what is now British Columbia, and, in their charts, named some land formations after him. Juan José Pérez Hernández was the first European to sight, examine, name, and record these islands. His frigate was the ''Santiago'', which was crewed mostly by Mexicans. In July 1774, he briefly met a group of Haida off the northwestern tip of Langara Island. In 1913 the Langara Light was lit at the northwest corner of the island. It is one of the largest islands from which Norway rats have been eradicated. The eradication campaign for '' ...
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Dadens
Dadens (), also referred to as Tartenee and Tatense by some early European settlers and Tatense Reserve 16 under the Indian Act is village on the southern coast of Langara Island () belonging to the Haida Nation on the archipelago Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. Dadens was once a popular trading post for the North Pacific fur trade among European traders in the late 18th century, due to its size and accessibility. Dadens no longer continues to be used by families year round, but it was used as a fishing village during the summer months by many Haida up until the 1950s and 1960s, and is still used to a limited extent today. There have been multiple migrations of families from Dadens to South East Alaska and these people are now known as the Kiagani Haida. People Haida families broadly belong to one of two matrilineal moieties or clans; those being the Eagle and the Raven clans, however, each family group has their own unique lineages and sub lineages represented by symbol ...
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Moresby Island
Moresby Island () is a large island () that forms part of the Haida Gwaii archipelago (formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands) in British Columbia, Canada, located at It is separated by the narrow Skidegate Channel from the other principal island of the group to the north, Graham Island. Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site includes Moresby and other islands. The island, together with numerous nearby smaller islands and islets in the southern archipelago, is defined by Statistics Canada as North Coast E, Regional district electoral area, with a population of 325 as of the 2021 Canadian census, 2010 census. Almost all of its population, 310 people, resided in the unincorporated community of Sandspit, British Columbia, Sandspit, on the northeast corner of Moresby. The total land area of the electoral area is . Moresby Island is the List of islands by area, 175th largest island in the world, and List of Canadian islands by area, the 32nd largest island ...
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