The Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast are the many First Nations and Alaska Native peoples whose traditional homelands lie along the Pacific coast of northwestern North America. The re
Chief Anotklosh of the Taku Tribe of the Tlingit people, ca. 1913
Chilkat blanket, made from woven goat hair
Kwakwakaʼwakw people at a wedding ceremony in 1914
A Kwakwakaʼwakw canoe in 1910.
Haida people
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The Haida are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. They constitute one of 203 First Nations in British Columbia and 231 federally recognized tribes in Alaska.
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
…a complex hunter-gatherer culture in the temperate rainforest of the Alaska Panhandle and adjoining inland areas of present-day British Columbia. The Haida people ( HY-də) are well known as skilled artisans of wood, metal and design. They have also shown much perseverance and resolve in the area of forest…
Houses and totem poles, 1878
Young Haida woman with lip plate, portrayed in George Dixon's (1789): Voyage autour du monde
Haida drummers and singers greet guests on the shores of Ḵay Linagaay, a millennia-old village in Haida Gwaii.
Haida wait for their Heiltsuk hosts to welcome them to sing and dance at a peace potlatch in Waglisla.