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 Interior of British Columbia, Canada, and in the southern Yukon Territory. There are two main Tlingit lineages or moieties within Alaska, which are subdivided into a number of clans and houses.
into clans, and each clan is subdivided into houses. The Tlingitclans have names whose meaning typically reflects the foundation story of the clan. The...
The Tlingit or Lingít (English: /ˈtlɪŋkɪt, ˈklɪŋkɪt/ TLING-kit, KLING-kit) are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America and...
villages. The Tlingitclan functions as the main property owner in the culture, thus almost all formal property amongst the Tlingit belongs to clans, not to...
staged a meeting with the northern Tlingitclans in Angoon in 1801, wherein they offered muskets and gunpowder to the Tlingit in exchange for exclusive fur...
are humorous; some are serious, imparting Tlingit morality and ethics, and others belong to specific clans and may only be shared with permission. Some...
pole at Saxman commemorates the end of hostilities between two rival Tlingitclans and symbolizes the hope for peace and prosperity following the American...
The philosophy and religion of the Tlingit, although never formally codified, was historically a fairly well organized philosophical and religious system...
Teslin TlingitClans – Kukhhittan, Ishkitan, Yanyedi, Deshitan, and Dakhlawedi – is central to TTC government structure. A member of each Clan sits on...
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...
fur trade activities in the Americas following his suppression of the Tlingitclan at the Battle of Sitka. The Russians never fully colonized Alaska. For...
which are from the community house of Chief Shakes, a line of like-named Tlingitclan leaders, are reported to be among the oldest known to survive. The house...
Kanaxtulaneegí Haa At Wuskóowu / Sharing Our Knowledge, A conference of Tlingit Tribes and Clans: Haa eetí ḵáa yís / For Those Who Come After Us. Sitka, Alaska...
the region but are most prominent in the tales of the Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit and Tahltan people. Raven and eagle are known by many different names by...
writings on the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska, focusing on the potlatch and on the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Tlingit communities. Kan...
peaceful settlement that saved countless members of the Raven and Eagle clans of the Tlingit tribe who would have otherwise died if the war had continued. Since...
term commonly applied to a style of art created primarily by artists from Tlingit, Haida, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth and...
of the Tlingit village of Angoon, Alaska, by US Naval forces under Commander Edgar C. Merriman and Michael A. Healy in October 1882. A Tlingit shaman...
the English names after their crest animal as Sockeye Clan, Coho Clan and Salmon Clan. Tlingitclans "historically owned areas of economic production that...
to Wolf clan groups among the Tahltan and Tlingit First Nations to the north. In the case of the Tlingit, the connection is through Tlingit Wolves who...
2008) was a Tlingit Native rights activist and educator. He was born and died in Sitka, Alaska. He was a co-founder of the TlingitClan Conference. Lingit...
Chilkat weaving is a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Northwest Coast peoples of Alaska and British Columbia...
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