Master canoe-builders and raiders of Haida Gwaii whose monumental cedar poles and ocean-going war canoes dominated the northern coast.
Smallpox cut the nation from ~20,000 to under 600, yet the Haida endure; the Council of the Haida Nation (1974) now co-governs Gwaii Haanas and in 2024 won provincial recognition of Aboriginal title over all of Haida Gwaii.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Haida Nation — the shape you scrub through changes in 4000 BC · 1787 · 1862 · 1974.
MacDonald's illustrated survey of Haida villages, poles, and monumental cedar art across Haida Gwaii.
An accessible survey of Northwest Coast Salish social structure, art, and material culture.