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If you like First Nations, maybe read the article "Semantic Motivations for Split Intransitivity in Haida."
First Nations fans may like the thesis "Strengthening Our Haida Voice" by Lucy Bell.
Volumes 1 and 2 of Haida Syntax by John Enrico really fired up my imagination of Native Indian life on the archipelago of Haida Gwaii.
The mossy ancient forests of the archipelago of Haida Gwaii look sacred.
Of Native Canada, my favourite languages are Haida, Inuktitut, and Cree.
Studying a bit of Haida, a First Nations language in BC, I am reminded of my own native language, Tagalog.
The linguist John Enrico has done great work to publicize matters about a First Nations language, Haida of BC.
I have fantasized about going to the Haida Gwaii archipelago. I know that it's expensive.
There are towns on Haida Gwaii with tall totem poles, some ancient.
My favourite native languages in Canada are Haida, Inuktitut, and Cree. In Mexico, my favourites are Classical Nahuatl and Yucatec Maya. In South America, my favourites are Quechua, Guarani, and Hixkaryana. I feel "magic" as I read about these themes. Amerindian lifestyle and languages are a recurring fantasy for me.
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The first recorded European contact with the Haida was by the Spanish explorer Juan Perez in 1774 at Langara Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Soon the Haida were caught up in the lucrative fur trade, and the time they spent hunting sea otters and other marine mammals greatly increased.
The Haida language, called Skittagetan by Powell, was anciently spoken only on the Queen Charlotte islands off the coast of British Columbia.
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