Tongass people

E191775

The Tongass people are an Indigenous Tlingit group from the coastal and island regions of southeastern Alaska, historically known for their maritime culture and complex clan-based social structure.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tlingit people 3
Tongass people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Tlingit group ⓘ
artForms formline art style ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
associatedWith potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
totem pole carving ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Ketchikan area ⓘ
Tongass Narrows ⓘ
southern Alexander Archipelago ⓘ
cosmology animism ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalArea Northwest Coast cultural area ⓘ
culture maritime culture ⓘ
economyType hunter-gatherer-fisher ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
governedBy clan leaders ⓘ
hasClanSystem raven and eagle moieties ⓘ
hasEthnogenesisRegion southeastern Alaska coast ⓘ
hasSocialStructure clan-based social structure ⓘ
historicalEconomy trade in marine products ⓘ
historicalTerritory southern part of Tlingit territory ⓘ
indigenousTo Alexander Archipelago ⓘ
southeastern Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Alaska
kinshipDescent matrilineal descent ⓘ
languageFamily Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
locatedIn coastal regions of southeastern Alaska ⓘ
island regions of southeastern Alaska ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Alaska ⓘ
partOf Tlingit people ⓘ
practices crest and clan regalia use ⓘ
hereditary leadership ⓘ
regionType coastal and island Indigenous group ⓘ
religion traditional Tlingit spirituality ⓘ
sharesCultureWith other Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
socialOrganization moieties and clans ⓘ
subgroupOf Tlingit people ⓘ
traditionalHousing plank houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Tlingit language ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit
traditionalRegion Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering marine resources ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
sea mammal hunting ⓘ
traditionalTransport dugout canoes ⓘ
usesKinshipSystem matrilineal clans ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tongass National Forest → namedAfter → Tongass people ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples → culturalAreaIncludes → Tlingit people ⓘ
linked to: Tongass people
Sheetʼká → traditionalTerritoryOf → Tlingit people ⓘ
linked to: Tongass people
Sheetʼká → hasCulturalImportanceFor → Tlingit people ⓘ
linked to: Tongass people