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Koyah

Koyah, also Xo'ya, Coya, Coyour, Kower, Kouyer (Haida: Xhuuyaa, lit. 'Raven'; fl. 1787–1795), was the chief of Ninstints or Skungwai, the main village of the Kunghit-Haida during the era of the Maritime Fur Trade in Haida Gwaii off the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Koyah was involved in m