12 Facts About Haida Gwaii

Public education is provided through School District 50 Haida Gwaii, which operates elementary and secondary schools in Masset, Port Clements, Daajing Giids, Sandspit, and Skidegate.

Haida Gwaii is considered by archaeologists as an option for a Pacific coastal route taken by the first humans migrating to the Americas from the Bering Strait.

The Haida Gwaii are a linguistically-distinct group, and they have a complex class and rank system consisting of two main clans, the Eagles and Ravens.

Links and diversity within the Haida Gwaii Nation were gained through a cross lineal marriage system between the clans.

The Haida Gwaii were skilled traders, with established trade links with their neighbouring First Nations on the mainland to California.

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In 1794, the Haida Gwaii captured and sank a pair of European vessels, Ino and Resolution, that were seeking to trade for sea otter pelts.

In 1851, the Haida Gwaii captured the Georgiana, a ship carrying gold prospectors, and held its crew for ransom for nearly two months.

Haida Gwaii named the islands the Queen Charlotte Islands after his ship, the Queen Charlotte, which was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III of the United Kingdom.

Haida Gwaii lived around Port Clements and would commonly be seen taking food handouts from locals and visitors alike.

Haida Gwaii died after making contact with an electrical transformer.

Haida Gwaii art is frequently seen on large monumental-sized cedar totem poles and dugout canoes, hand-crafted gold and silver jewellery, and even as cartoons in the form of Haida Gwaii manga.

Haida Gwaii language was proposed for classification as part of the Nadene family of languages on the basis of a few similarities with Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit.