By Kali Bourhis & Karissa Hall
Some of the Haida people live on the coast of British Columbia.
Other Haida people lived along the rivers of British Columbia,
the Queen Charlotte Islands, Prince of Wales Island, and Southeast
Alaska.
The Chief lived in a cedar house and many other Haida's lived in longhouses or wooden houses.
They ate salmon, whales, halibut, black cod, and sea mammals.When they go to catch the salmon or the fish they would catch enough to last them a year.
They have harpoons and nets. A harpoon is like a spear but made with small animal bones. The nets were used to catch fish such as salmon when they were swimming by.
Haida's use long sleek canoes for catching fish easier because
the canoes were quieter along the water. They were made with wood
and often had designs on them.
The Haida chief gives potlaches (or otherwise known as dances or parties) to the important person or if they had a really good hunt or catch.
The Haida people began living there 6000 to 8000 years before
the Europeans came to North America.
The totem poles kept the bad spirits away and they were also used
as decorations because they never moved. The totem poles were
decorated with carvings of animals.
The Hagfish was their enemy. It had sharp teeth, spikes on its
head, and it had a very long tail. They are extinct now.
Bibliography
Lunn, Janet: Story of Canada. Lester Publishing, 1992.
Marsh, James H.: Junior Encyclopedia of Canada, volume 2, pg. 287, 1990.
Haida Indians, Spirit of the Peace. www.spiritof peace.pwebtech.com