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Kung (Haida village)

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House 3: Belonged to 7idansuu (Chief Albert Edward Edenshaw) of the Staatas Eagles; named Sk'ulxa Haay'ad (House That Can Hold A Great Crowd of People). Has features that are found in Kaigani Haida homes located in Alaska. 7idansuu also erected a pole at Ḵung in the early 1860s that depicts Governor
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The Ḵung village was populated by four main clans: the Staastas Eagles, Those Who Left The West Coast, the Up-inlet Town People and a single Saganusili Raven clan. The east of the village was home to the Up-inlet Town People, who were the original occupants, and Those Who Left The West Coast. The
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village migrated to Ḵung. Chief Albert Edward Edenshaw (7idansuu, One that can hold Crowds) of Kiusta moved his people to Ḵung as part of the larger Haida migrations occurring in the late 1800s, related to massive population decimation resulting from
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visited the village in 1878 and describes 8 to 10 decaying homes some of which were still inhabited, facing long the bank towards the water. After Dawson’s visit to the village, residents moved from Ḵung to the larger area of G̲aaw
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Staastas Eagle clan were the residents of the west side of Ḵung, with the exception of one Rose Spit Raven family known as Saganusili. Guulas was village chief and member of the Up-inlet Town People clan.
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No. 11, or Kung 11 in official registries, is located at the site of Ḵung. The Kung Indian Reserve is under the administration of the Haida Nation (
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House 4: Belonged to Wā'lans "Anything roasted on a stick" of the Saganusili of the Ravens; named Na Ḵehulas (House They Always Like to Go Into).
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interviewed a number of elderly people living in Massett about the village of Ḵung. He recorded information on the last stage of occupation:
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House 7: Belonged to Tiiyasaangaay "The one they said would kill" of the Up-inlet Town People; Gaa'taga T'eeuu (House That Has Light in It).
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There were proposals put forward by the Haida Heritage and Repatriation Society in 2010, to take canoes to the village sites of
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House 11: Belonged to Kun staa'ads (Chief Kunstaits) of the Up-inlet Town People; named Gya'aang Kyyjaa (Valuable House Pole).
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House 8: Belonged to the Chief of Those Who Left the West Coast clan, Gustamalk; named Skaawgan Naas (Salmon-berry House).
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House 9: Belonged to Ḵ'aalanga (Painted) of Those Who Left the West Coast clan; named Sgaan Naas (Killer Whale House).
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House 10: Belonged to Kuudada (Kodada) of Those Who Left the West Coast clan; named Guujaaw Naas (Drum House).
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visited Ḵung in 1884 and it had been left as a permanent village, but the site continued to be utilized as a
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epidemics resulting in population decline from 20,000 prior to 1770 to less than 600 by the late 1800s. The
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House 12: Belonged to Guulas (Chief Abalone) of the Up-inlet Town People; no name for the home was recorded.
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House 13: Belonged to Ḵajahl (Chief Qadjatl) of the Up-inlet Town People; no name for home was recorded.
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House 2: Belonged to Chief Qaskiath of the Staatas Eagles; named Hi'ilang Naas (Thunder House).
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collected ancestral remains from many Haida grave sites in Ḵung, which were stored at the
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House 5: Belonged to łq!a’ndé of the Staastas Eagles; named Stiil Naas (Steel House).
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House 6: Belonged to Xalas of the Staastas Eagles; named Na Giidii (House Child).
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of over 500 Haidas from provincial, federal and international museums back to
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To the Charlottes: George Dawson's 1878 Survey of the Queen Charlotte Islands
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alone killed over 70% of the Haida people. The surveyor and geologist,
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The force of family: repatriation, kinship, and memory on Haida Gwaii
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Haida Monumental Art: Villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands
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Haida Heritage and Repatriation Society (March 26, 2010).
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village, located on the west side of Alexandra Narrows on
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Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
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Toronto: University of Toronto. 315:repatriating the ancestral remains 286:). Provincial government surveyor 25: 362:List of Indian Reserves in Canada 504:. E. J. Brill. pp. 292–293. 132: 125: 597:"End of Mourning Canoe Journey" 303:Field Museum of Natural History 625:"For Those of Us at Bones Bay" 1: 526:. Council of the Haida Nation 717:History of British Columbia 350:Old Massett Village Council 211:House 1: No recorded names. 111:Council of the Haida Nation 733: 472:MacDonald, George (1983). 440:MacDonald, George (1989). 395:MacDonald, George (1996). 352:) and is 28.7 ha in size. 18:Kung Indian Reserve No. 11 500:Swanton, John R. (1905). 442:Chiefs of the Sea and Sky 154:(QaĂą or Dream Town) is a 120: 116: 39: 654:"Kung Indian Reserve 11" 570:Krmpotich, Cara (2014). 321:for traditional burial. 199:Houses from west to east 260:In 1853 residents from 517:"Strange New Sickness" 367:List of Haida villages 91:54.04944°N 132.56833°W 46:Houses at Kung in 1878 659:BC Geographical Names 426:BC Geographical Names 311:Haida Heritage Centre 55:Historic village site 279:George Mercer Dawson 96:54.04944; -132.56833 604:Gwaii Trust Society 87: /  288:Newton Chittenden 149: 148: 16:(Redirected from 724: 696: 695: 693: 691: 670: 664: 663: 650: 644: 643: 641: 639: 629: 621: 615: 614: 612: 610: 601: 592: 586: 585: 567: 561: 560: 542: 536: 535: 533: 531: 521: 512: 506: 505: 497: 488: 487: 469: 456: 455: 437: 431: 430: 417: 411: 410: 392: 332:, to honour the 299:George A. 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Kung Indian Reserve No. 11

Haida Gwaii
54°2′58″N 132°34′6″W / 54.04944°N 132.56833°W / 54.04944; -132.56833
Council of the Haida Nation
Kung (Haida village) is located in British Columbia
Haida
Graham Island
Haida Gwaii
British Columbia
Naden Harbour
Virago Sound
John Work
John Swanton
James Douglas.
Kiusta
disease
smallpox
1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic
George Mercer Dawson
Old Massett
Newton Chittenden
halibut
George A. Dorsey
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Haida Heritage Centre
repatriating the ancestral remains
Haida Gwaii
Yan

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