Haida Gwaii Mod (This round of beta closed)

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I am glad your enjoying the mod. In the next version of the beta, expect a return of the Sacred Coyote!

I am kicking around the idea of adding another recruitable animal unit, something amphibious for the Voice of the Killer Whales to lead around. I will consider making that guy sacred if it fits thematically.

I am open to suggestions for a 3rd pretender. I created the two that are currently in the mod a few months ago. At the time my goal was to create a support/bless chasis and a middle of the road pretender. I think the Crest Pole and the Raven serve those roles well.

The Moksgmol being powerful is one of the strengths of Haida Gwaii. If you think that guy is powerful, wait until you summon the Frenzied Moksgmol who may be getting bumped up to sacred status next beta.

The mythologies of the various peoples this mod represents is a bit too broad for me to sum up in one post. But let me try to give you a gist of the backbone of their beliefs:


Their people are divided through a moiety system, meaning they trace their lineage back to two distinct sources, the Raven and the Eagle. Different families believe they are descended from different animals and there are strict rules about who you can marry etc. based upon which moiety your particular animal is part of.

This belief system is a recurring theme in their fables. Animals take on human characteristics and are just as an important in the stories as the human characters.


The first obvious place to look for information on the Haida in particular is Wikipedia, but surprisingly there is not much there about their people.

I would suggest doing a google search for the following terms as well:

"Potlatch"
"Raven steals the sun"
"Haida fish carver"
"Haida weapons"

These searches should yield some websites with information to help you see where I am coming from in this mod.

I should add that the nation is named for the Haida, but it contains atleast one element that is not Haida at all, and that is the Kachina.

The Kachina comes from Pueblo beliefs and I worked the idea into this mod because I don't think the Kachina is ever going to work its way into a Dominions mod any other way because I doubt anyone is going to do a Pueblo mod

Thanks for the great feedback, I hope the links and terms to search for yield some good results if you are interested in learning more about the Haida or any of the First tribes.