Imbali ye Hayi, Eliliqela lemveli elihlala ezintabeni nakumahlathi ephondo lase British Columbia, zaqala ngonyaka we-1774, xa iSpanish uJuan Pérez yabatyelela okokuqala, de kwangowe-1778 bafumana utyelelo oluvela eScotsman uJames Cook.
Ukutyhubela iminyaka kwaye ngenxa yokufika kwabazingeli be-otter abacheba izikhumba, lo mmandla ukonyusa urhwebo lwawo olungapheli kude kuphele ezi zilwanyana. Oku kukhuthaze amaHaida ukuba afudukele kweminye imimandla, esokola ukuphathwa gadalala ngabahloli kunye nabafuduki abeza kumazwe abo. Kwaye kwafuneka ukuba kufike u-1986, ukuze ummandla waseHaida ubhengezwe njengendawo ekhuselweyo kunye nelifa lemveli lehlabathi.
Kwaye ukuba izizwe zabomthonyama, njengeHaida, zihleli kula mazwe amawaka eminyaka. Okwangoku, imihlaba yabo sisizathu sokutyelelwa ngamawaka abakhenkethi nanjengoko bemele icandelo elibalulekileyo nelinenkcubeko kweli phondo.
Iimbali ziyabalisa ukuba ngo-1841 kwakukho ama-Haida abomthonyama abangama-8.300 3.000, ngakumbi kwiindawo zeKumkanikazi uCharlotte nasePrince Wales. Kodwa kwiminyaka elishumi kamva eli nani lehla laya kutsho kuma-1960 210, kwathi ngowe-650 kwasala angama-XNUMX kuphela eAlaska, nakuma-XNUMX eKhanada.
Inyaniso yenkcubeko yeyokuba ulwimi lwaseHaida lulwimi oluzimeleyo olwalukade luqwalaselwa kusapho lweeNa-Dené zeelwimi, ezazibonakaliswa ngokuba namagama ahlulwe ngokwahlukeneyo nangabantu, kusetyenziswa izimaphambili kunye nezimamva kunye nokwenza izihlanganisi ezahlukeneyo.
Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba uqoqosho lwayo lusekwe ekulobeni i-salmon kunye ne-cod, kunye nokuzingela izilwanyana zaselwandle kunye namaxhama okuzingela, ii-beavers kunye neentaka. Ngokukwanjalo, bayabonakala kwimikhwa yabo yokwenza izinto nangobungcibi bamaphenyane abo.
