page_title: Colonial police action against the people of Haida Gwaii
hierarchical_section_title: Colonial police action against the people of Haida Gwaii
caption_attribution_description: English: Haïda Indian type canoe.Français&#160;: Canot de type Haïda.
context_page_description: The peoples of Haida Gwaii were a fiercely independent people and rejected outside control. Since first being sighted by Europeans in 1774 by Juan Pérez, at Langara Island there were many police actions against the Haida. This continued until the population was decimated in the mid-19th century, with a population of tens of thousands being reduced by smallpox to under a thousand. Hostile colonial administration further reduced the population to 588 by 1915.
context_section_description: The peoples of Haida Gwaii were a fiercely independent people and rejected outside control. Since first being sighted by Europeans in 1774 by Juan Pérez, at Langara Island there were many police actions against the Haida. This continued until the population was decimated in the mid-19th century, with a population of tens of thousands being reduced by smallpox to under a thousand. Hostile colonial administration further reduced the population to 588 by 1915.
caption: Haïda canoe.
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