Kiusta

Kiusta (Haida: K’yuusda)[1] located on Haida Gwaii is the oldest Northern Haida village: and the site of first recorded contact between the Haida and Europeans in 1774.[2] Haida lived in this village for thousands of years, due to the sheltered nature of its location it was used for boats offloading, especially in rough waters.[3] Kiusta is one of the oldest archeological sites of human use in British Columbia, and continues to be a site for cultural revitalisation.[4]

  1. ^ "SHIP Xaayda Kil Glossary," March 2011. PDF
  2. ^ Gill, Ian. All that we say is ours: Guujaaw and the reawakening of the Haida Nation. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2010.
  3. ^ [1] MacDonald, George F. Chiefs of the Sea and Sky: Haida Heritage Sites of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2000.
  4. ^ Horwood, Dennis (2009). Haida Gwaii : the Queen Charlotte Islands. Lesley Cameron, Karla Decker (3rd ed.). Surrey, BC: Heritage House Pub. ISBN 978-1-894974-82-0. OCLC 299228517.