In 1985 the Haida people took a stand against over logging in their lands. The Queen Charlotte Islands are home to the some of the worlds best and last Cedar, Stika Spruce, and Hemlock. The Haida people were trying to negotiation terms with he government about this issue but have failed for 12 years. SoContinue reading “Ecological Issues”
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Warfare
Many Indian tribe are not aggressive in war tactics, but the Haida people were feared of their skills as seamen. They often stormed others villages and camps taking valuables such as copper and blankets. They also took many slaves for their use and helpfulness in production. They sailed in dung out canoes make from aContinue reading “Warfare”
Boarding Schools
During a time when America was trying to make Indians like them so they would blend into society, they forced the native children to boarding schools. Many of the children were taken from home and sent far way with hundreds of hours of travel in small carts or sometimes by foot. The Children were thenContinue reading “Boarding Schools”
Social Structure
The Haida tribe never made a democracy unlike most of the natives, instead, they had a government that was run by wealth. They had social levels nobles, commoners, and slaves. The slaves were acquired through war or trade and were mainly used for farming work. In each family, the one with the most wealth andContinue reading “Social Structure”
The Move to Reservations
The Alaskan Haida Around the mid 1700’s one of the groups of the Haida people were driven off of their lands in the Queen Charlotte Islands and moved to Alaska by warfare with one of their neighboring tribes. This land in Alaska was previously owned by the Russians who were soon sold Alaska in 1867Continue reading “The Move to Reservations”
Haida and Settlers
Before Settlers Evidence has shown that the Haida Indians have continuous inhabited their lands for 6,000 to 8,000 years. Since they have such warm and plentiful land that had a lot of flora and fauna they did not really about not having enough food to survive, because of the this they were able to furtherContinue reading “Haida and Settlers”
Haida Indians
The Haida (HIGH-dah)Indians are original people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, they live on the islands that boarder the coast of southeastern Alaska and northwest British Columbia, and in the Haida Gwaii or the Queen Charlotte Islands. There were about 14,000 native people and 124 villages. Now most of their people speak English but manyContinue reading “Haida Indians”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
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