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services are similar to any small town, though choices of fresh fruit and vegetables can be
limited. Gasoline is only slightly more expensive than on the mainland, and raging nightlife
is nonexistent.
The Haida
The Haida people have lived on this remote archipelago since time immemorial. Fearless
warriors, expert hunters and fishermen, and skilled woodcarvers, they owned slaves and
threw lavish potlatches. They had no written language, but they carved records of their tri-
bal history, legends, and important events on totem poles rising up to 104 meters (340 feet)
high. Living in villages scattered throughout the islands, they hunted sea otters for their lux-
uriant furs, fished for halibut and Pacific salmon, and collected chitons, clams, and seaweed
from tidepools.
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