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HAIDA. Eagle. Raven. By: Megan Daniels. Historical Background. Lived on Haida Gwaii, now known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, off the northern coast of British Columbia. Haida inhabited Haida Gwaii until the end of the last ice age. One of the oldest populations in the New World.
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HAIDA Eagle Raven By: Megan Daniels
Historical Background • Lived on Haida Gwaii, now known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, off the northern coast of British Columbia. • Haida inhabited Haida Gwaii until the end of the last ice age. • One of the oldest populations in the New World. Haida Gwaii
Historical Background Cont. • First traces of the Haida were roughly flaked stone tools. • The Haida primarily hunted and fished and harvested shellfish.
Culture • The Haida culture was divided into two social groups, or moieties, called Raven and Eagle. • Marriages took place between a Raven and an Eagle. • To determine which moiety you would be in depended on which your mother was.
Culture Cont. • Each moiety was divided into 22-23 lineages, or families. • It is very important to the owner’s status and association with designs.
Religion • Believed in medicine people, who gained powers from supernatural beings. • They would receive “powers” from the sun, moon, or the tundra's. • Dress in a dancing blanket, and help cure people who were sick.
Religion Cont. Marriage • When the time came parents would look for a mate for their child. • Had to be someone from outside their village, and of equal rank. • Gifts would be exchanges between the two families.
Religion Cont. Potlatches • Held by the father of a girl who has become a special age. • He’d host a great feast and invite many people, like family, but mainly unmarried men. • He’d save for this for a long time. At the end of the feast he would distribute his savings.
Religion Cont. Winter Festivals • Carved and decorated masks. • Masks were used for ceremonies. • Usually held in winter because there was little to do. • Last as long as a month
Clothing Men Summer • Usually went barefoot • Stayed in and wore nothing except broad brim hats to protect eyes from sun Winter • Leather moccasins • Seal or deerskin leggings
Clothing Women • Wore skirts, tunics, or sarongs made from deer skin, or the soft inner bark of the cedar tree. • Wore mask-like headdresses for special occasions.
Clothing Chiefs • They wore headpieces were carved from wood and were decorated. • Wore highly expensive chilkat blankets.
Housing & Travel • They either walked or went by canoe • Canoes were made of cedar trees. • Outside was blackened by charring and oiling. • Large canoes held 30 people, and small canoes were used to hunt and fish.
Housing & Travel Cont. • Houses made out of cedar and spruce trees and used all parts of the tree. 8 m high, 9-12 m wide, and 45 m long • Hold around several hundred people. • Fire pit in the middle and all slept around in on a platform.
Family Life • They had a political structure included commoners, slaves, and nobles . • Nobles could hunt, commoners could hunt at a price, slaves had no rights. • Social rank was very important.
Language • The Haida language is part of the Na-Dene family, no close relation to any other language. • English HaidaOne SgwáansangTwo SdángThree HlgúnahlFour StánsangFive TléihlMan ÍihlangaaWoman Jáadaa
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