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The Haida, meaning The People, once were numbered at over 10,000. They occupied the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Colombia. Their numbers were numerous and their life was prosperous. In 1774 there was the first European contact (Gunn) and the Haida, unknowingly, let the lion out of its cage, they let white man enter their territory. The Europeans brought trade, but they also brought colonization. A word the Indians did not know would cause them such horror. …

…upon for guidance and knowledge. They are the original law of this land we call America and somehow they are pushed around and forced to change their way of life because the Europeans decided to colonize. People can not change what has happened in the past, but we can make the most of the future. Knowledge is everything and the more people understand about the Native Americans the more they can come to accept them.