thighs and lower back and slats (a long strip of wood) in the side pieces to allow for more flexibility during movement. They wore elk hide tunics under their armor and wooden helmets. Arrows could not penetrate this armor, and Russian explorers found that bullets could only penetrate the armor if shot from a distance of less than 20 feet. The Haida rarely used shields because of their developed armor. Villages Historical Haida villages were: Kiusta Kung Yan Hiellan Skidegate (Graham Island) Cha'atl Haina Kaisun (Haida: Ḵaysuun Llnagaay) Cumshewa (Moresby Island) Skedans aka Koona or Q'una. Tanu (New Clew), Louise Island Ninstints (Sgang Gway, aka Anthony Island) Masset The name Masset, received from pre British contact between Haidas and the Spanish, actually includes three separate and adjoining communities, Atewaas (Old Massett) Jaahguhl Kayung Hlk'yah GaawGa (Windy Bay) (Lyell Island) Klinkwan (Kaigani Haida, Prince of Wales Island) Sukkwan (Kaigani Haida, Prince of Wales Island) Howkan (Kaigani Haida, Prince of Wales Island) Kasaan (Kaigani Haida, Prince of Wales Island) Tlell, British Columbia Dadens, Langara Island Notable Haida Primrose Adams, artist Delores Churchill, artist, basketweaver Marcia Crosby, art historian Cumshewa, chief Florence Davidson, artist and memoirist Reg Davidson, carver Robert Davidson, carver Freda Diesing, carver Charles Edenshaw, carver, jeweler and painter Gidansda Guujaaw (Gary Edenshaw), artist and politician, former President of the Council of the Haida Nation Dorothy Grant, artist, fashion designer Jim Hart, hereditary chief of Stasstas Eagle Clan, artist Koyah, chief Gerry Marks, artist Bill Reid, carver, sculptor and jeweler Jay Simeon, artist Skaay, historian and storytelling expert Evelyn Vanderhoop, weaver Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, artist Don Yeomans, artist Anthropologists and scholars This is an incomplete list of anthropologists and scholars who have done research on the Haida. Marius Barbeau Franz Boas Robert Bringhurst Emily Carr Wilson Duff Christie Harris Charles Hill-Tout Bill Holm Robert Bruce Inverarity Charles F. Newcombe John R. Swanton Nancy J. Turner Marianne Boelscher Ignace See also Haida Heritage Centre Haida mythology Colonial police action against the people of Haida Gwaii Haida Argillite Carvings References Bibliography Further reading Blackman, Margaret B. (1982; rev. ed., 1992) During My Time: Florence Edenshaw Davidson, a Haida Woman. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Boelscher, Marianne (1988) The Curtain Within: Haida Social and Mythical Discourse. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. Fisher, Robin (1992) Contact and Conflict: Indian-European Relations in British Columbia, 1774-1890. UBC Press. Snyder, Gary (1979) He Who Hunted Birds in