Koyah, also Xo'ya, Coya, Coyour, Kower, Kouyer (Haida: Xhuuyaa - "Raven" (fl. 1787–1795), was the chief of Ninstints or Skungwai, the main village of...
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centuries the village was referred to as Koyahs or Coyahs, also rendered Quee-ah, after the chief at the time, Koyah. The name "Ninstints," also spelled "Nan...
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fashion designer Jim Hart, hereditary chief of Stasstas Eagle Clan, artist Koyah, chief Gerry Marks, artist Bill Reid, carver, sculptor and jeweler Jay Simeon...
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with native peoples in the Pacific Northwest, excepting the Haida chief Koyah. At the age of 20, he joined a whaling crew, working on a schooner owned...
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lit. 'coffee shop'. 'Coffee shop' in Singapore refers to "food centre". koyah – means that an object is torn or spoiled. kuku bird/kuku jiao – A crude...
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language Koya, ring name of Indian professional wrestler Mahabali Shera Koyah (fl. 1787 – 1795), Haida chief in British Columbia KOYA, radio station in...
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chief, surrendered on terms of amnesty in times of war, hanged for murder Koyah (fl. 1787–1795) – 18th-century chief of the Haida George Manuel (1921–1989)...
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seems to have avoided the violence that plagued other Haida chiefs, like Koyah. George Dixon visited the Kiusta area in 1787 and called the inlet where...
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Skedans, and Houston Stewart Channel, known as "Coyah's Harbor", after Chief Koyah. As marine furs became depleted in the early 19th century, American ship...
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Rediviva and Lady Washington. It was also known as Koya's Straits, after Chief Koyah of the Haida. The Channel was the location for conflict between the Haida...
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Columbia. He began friendly trading with the local Haida natives under Chief Koyah. Metcalfe let a great number come aboard the Ino. The Haida took advantage...
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that the Resolution had been attacked by Haida under Chief Cumshewa and Koyah, and the crew killed, including Solomon Kendrick. In 1799, as a crew member...
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chief, surrendered on terms of amnesty in times of war, hanged for murder Koyah – 18th-century chief of the Haida George Manuel Shanawdithit Stewart Phillip...
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Crisis. 1787 or 1788; 1789, 1790, 1794 Captured and destroyed by Haida under Koyah. One of the first American vessels on Northwest Coast, possibly predating...
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village of Ninstints. Friendly trading with the local Haida natives of Chief Koyah began. Metcalfe let a great number come aboard the Ino. The Haida took advantage...
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