Haisla
/ˈhaɪslə/noun
A member of an Indigenous people of the northern coastal region of British Columbia, or their Wakashan language.
Did you know?Haisla is an English rendering of an Indigenous ethnonym, and its exact internal historical meaning is not securely established in mainstream etymological references.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-contact era
Haisla
Haisla
“An Indigenous self-designation associated with the Haisla people of the northern British Columbia coast; the original internal morphology is not securely documented.”
19th Century
English
Haisla
“An English-recorded ethnonym for the people and their language.”
19th–20th Century
English
Haisla
“Used in anthropological, governmental, and linguistic writing for the Haisla community and language.”
Modern English
English
Haisla
“The standard English name for the Haisla people, their language, and associated cultural identity.”