Positive attitudes towards assimilation combined with the ban on speaking Haida in residential schools led to a sharp decline in the use of the Haida language among the Haida people, and today almost all ethnic Haida use English to communicate.
As actitudes positivas cara á asimilación, combinadas coa prohibición de falar haida nas escolas, conduciron a unha forte diminución no uso da lingua, e hoxe en día case todos os haida étnicos empregan o inglés para comunicarse.