Tongass people

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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