Kiusta
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Kiusta (Haida: K’yuusda)[1] located on Haida Gwaii is the oldest Northern Haida village: and the site of first recorded contact between the Haida and Europeans in 1774.[2] Haida lived in this village for thousands of years, due to the sheltered nature of its location it was used for boats offloading, especially in rough waters.[3] Kiusta is one of the oldest archeological sites of human use in British Columbia, and continues to be a site for cultural revitalisation.[4]