The Haidah Indians of Queen Charlotte's Island

To the Haida Indians of the Pacific Northwest coast the Thunderbird is the most powerful creature of the world. Depictions of it and other animals are used as symbols of their clans, tribe and family. They are painted and carved onto houses, totem poles and canoes, woven into blankets and clothes, and the Haida Indians once tattooed these on their bodies. 


This little book is an exact remake of the original research and the drawings by James Gilchrist Swan of the Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte’s Islands. It was originally published by the Smithsonian Institute in July 1874.