Koyah

chief of Ninstints or Skungwai, the main village of the Kunghit-Haida

1740 CE to 1795 CE

Koyah, also Coya, Coyour, Kower, Kouyer (Haida: Xhuuyaa - "Raven" (b.?-d. c.1795), is the chief of Ninstints or Skungwai, the main village of the Kunghit-Haida during the era of the Maritime Fur Trade in the Haida Gwaii of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada.

Koyah is involved in more conflicts with ship captains than any other chief of his period and so figures prominently in histories of the fur trade and coastal exploration

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Group: Colchis (Kolkis), Kingdom of
People: Koyah
Topic: 1890 British Ultimatum
Location: Mount Dingjun Shaanxi (Shensi) China
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