page_title: Haida people
section_title: Calendar
hierarchical_section_title: Haida people / Calendar
caption_attribution_description: English: Lisa Telford, Haida basketweaver from Alaska
context_page_description: Haida are a nation and ethnic group native to, or otherwise associated with, Haida Gwaii meaning "Coming out of concealment" or sometimes "island of the People", and the Haida language. The Haida language is an isolate language, that has been spoken historically across Haida Gwaii and other islands on the Alaska Panhandle. Prior to the 19th century, Haida spoke a number of coastal First Nations languages such as Tlingit, Nisg̱a'a and Coast Tsimshian. This resulted in a sudden decline in its usage throughout the 1900s. Haida language champions are working through multiple initiatives to revitalize the Haida language along with Haida law, customs, and cultural identity.
  In Haida Gwaii, the Haida government consists of a matrix of national and regional hereditary, legislative, and executive bodies including the Hereditary Chiefs Council, the Council of the Haida Nation, Old Massett Village Council, Skidegate Band Council, and the Secretariat of the Haida Nation. These are based in the archipelago of Haida Gwaii outside the territorial seas of Canada off of northern British Columbia, Canada.
context_section_description: The Haidas' calendar:
  April/May- Gansgee 7laa kongaas
  May/Early June- Wa.aay gwaalgee
  June/July- Kong koaas
  July/August- Sgaana gyaas
  August/September- K'ijaas
  September/October- K'alayaa Kongaas
  October/November- K'eed adii
  November/December- Jid Kongaas
  December/January- Kong gyaangaas
  January/February- Hlgiduum kongaas
  February/March- Taan kongaas
  March- Xiid gayaas
  April- Wiid gyaas
caption: Lisa Telford, Haida basket weaver
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