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haidas  

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  • The word Haida is a derivative from the words Ou Haadas, meaning “inlet people,” the name replied when asked by the first Europeans what tribe or people they were. Their homeland is called Haida Gwaii and is situated along the archipelagos of the Queen Charlotte Islands of Canada and the southern extremities of Prince of Wales Island in Alaska. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Haidas]

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