Koyah, also Coya, Coyour, Kower, Kouyer (phonetically /xo’ya/, meaning "raven

Raven

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" (b.?-d. c.1795), was the chief of Ninstints

Ninstints

Ninstints is the usual name in English for SGang Gwaay Llanagaay , a village site of the Haida people and part of the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site in Haida Gwaii on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada...

 or Skungwai, the main village of the Kunghit-Haida during the era of the Maritime Fur Trade

Maritime Fur Trade

The Maritime Fur Trade was a ship-based fur trade system that focused on acquiring furs of sea otters and other animals from the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast and natives of Alaska. The furs were mostly sold in China in exchange for tea, silks, porcelain, and other Chinese...

 in the Queen Charlotte Islands

Queen Charlotte Islands

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 of the North Coast of British Columbia

British Columbia Coast

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, Canada

Canada

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. Koyah was 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.