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The culture of the Tlingit, an Indigenous people from Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon, is multifaceted, a characteristic of Northwest Coast peoples with access to easily exploited rich resources. In Tlingit culture a heavy emphasis is placed upon family and kinship, and on a rich tradition of oratory. Wealth and economic power are important indicators of status, but so is generosity and proper behavior, all signs of "good breeding" and ties to aristocracy. Art and spirituality are incorporated in nearly all areas of Tlingit culture, with even everyday objects such as spoons and storage boxes decorated and imbued with spiritual power and historical associations.

18th century Tlingit art: A helmet representing the head of a wolf.(Museum of the Americas, Madrid, Spain).

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Culture of the Tlingit

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The culture of the Tlingit, an Indigenous people from Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon, is multifaceted, a characteristic of Northwest Coast peoples...

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Tlingit

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The Tlingit or Lingít (English: /ˈtlɪŋkɪt, ˈklɪŋkɪt/ TLING-kit, KLING-kit) are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America and...

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Tlingit language

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The Tlingit language (English: /ˈklɪŋkɪt/ KLING-kit; Lingít Athapascan pronunciation: [ɬɪ̀nkɪ́tʰ]) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska...

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Tlingit clans

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The Tlingit clans of Southeast Alaska, in the United States, are one of the Indigenous cultures within Alaska. The Tlingit people also live in the Northwest...

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History of the Tlingit

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The history of the Tlingit includes pre- and post-contact events and stories. Tradition-based history involved creation stories, the Raven Cycle and other...

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Tlingit alphabet

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The Tlingit language has been recorded in a number of orthographies over the two hundred years since European contact. The first transcriptions of Tlingit...

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Battle of Sitka

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Island) of the Tlingit nation and agents of the Russian-American Company assisted by the Imperial Russian Navy. Members of the Kiks.ádi of the indigenous...

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Philosophy and religion of the Tlingit

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sense of identity. While many elders converted, contemporary Tlingit "reconcile Christianity and the 'traditional culture.'" The Tlingit see the world...

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Tlingit cuisine

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The food of the Tlingit people, an indigenous group of people from Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon, is a central part of Tlingit culture, and the...

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Teslin Tlingit Council

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traditional Teslin Tlingit Clan culture into contemporary organizational and management principles. TTC is both representative of the Clans and its Citizens...

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List of edible plants and mushrooms of southeast Alaska

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nutrients in the soil enriched the ecosystem of the area. Historically the Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest foraged off of the land. The Tlingit cuisine...

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Shamanism among Alaska Natives

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Aurel (1956). The Tlingit Indians. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 194–204. Kan, Sergei (1999). Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian...

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Elizabeth Peratrovich

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Wanamaker; Tlingit: Ḵaax̲gal.aat [qʰaχ.ɡʌɬ.ʔatʰ]; July 4, 1911 – December 1, 1958) was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native...

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Martin Sensmeier

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of German and Tlingit heritage, while his mother is Koyukon Athabascan from Ruby, Alaska, on the Yukon River. Sensmeier identifies with the cultures of...

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Sergei Kan

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on the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska, focusing on the potlatch and on the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Tlingit communities. Kan is of Russian...

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Russian colonization of North America

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Sons, 1893), pp. 25-27 Sergei., Kan (July 2014). Memory eternal : Tlingit culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity through two centuries (First paperback ed...

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Ravens in Native American mythology

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exist in nearly all of the First Nations throughout the region but are most prominent in the tales of the Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit and Tahltan people...

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Index of articles related to Indigenous Canadians

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(Isapo-Muxika) Culture of the Tlingit Daniels v. Canada De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group Declaration of the Lillooet Tribe Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples...

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Cultural depictions of ravens

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in Tlingit culture, there are two different raven characters that can be identified, although they are not always clearly differentiated. One is the creator...

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Potlatch

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needed] This includes the Heiltsuk, Haida, Nuxalk, Tlingit, Makah, Tsimshian, Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka'wakw, and Coast Salish cultures. Potlatches are also...

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Alaskan hip hop

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"Juneau teens rap about Tlingit culture in new bilingual music video". August 2018. "Young artist blends hip-hop and Tlingit heritage on big stage". 10...

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Tlingit nouns

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Like nouns in many Native American languages, the Tlingit noun is easily conceptualized but difficult to formally define. It can be simple or compound...

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Yukon

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were the main transportation routes for the coastal Tlingit people trading with the Athabascans of the Chilkoot Pass and Dalton Trail, as well as the first...

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Alaska Natives

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Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Alaskan Creoles, Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern...

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Orca

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embody the souls of deceased chiefs. The Tlingit of southeastern Alaska regarded the orca as custodian of the sea and a benefactor of humans. The Lummi...

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