Tlingit people

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The Tlingit people are an Indigenous group of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, known for their complex clan system, rich oral traditions, and highly developed art forms such as totem pole carving.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
areKnownFor complex clan system ⓘ
complex social organization ⓘ
elaborate ceremonial art ⓘ
matrilineal kinship system ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
totem pole carving ⓘ
artForm bentwood boxes ⓘ
button blankets ⓘ
chilkat weaving ⓘ
totem poles ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
artStyle Northwest Coast formline design ⓘ
linked to: Haida art
clanSystem clans inherited from the mother ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest Coast cultural area ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest
governingBody Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
language Tlingit language ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit
languageFamily Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
moiety Eagle moiety ⓘ
Raven moiety ⓘ
Wolf moiety ⓘ
neighboringPeople Athabaskan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Athabascan peoples

Haida people ⓘ
linked to: Haida

Tsimshian people ⓘ
linked to: Tsimshian
oralTradition historical narratives ⓘ
legends ⓘ
myths ⓘ
primaryRegion Northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
Southeast Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Alaska

Yukon Territory ⓘ
socialStructure divided into moieties ⓘ
subgroupOf Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
salmon harvesting ⓘ
traditionalHousing plank houses ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Alexander Archipelago ⓘ
Coastal fjords of Southeast Alaska ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (61)

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

Totem Heritage Center → associatedWith → Tlingit people ⓘ
Wrangell → hasIndigenousPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ
Aak’wtaaksit → associatedPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ
Aak’wtaaksit → culturalSignificanceFor → Áak’w Kwáan (a Tlingit group) ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit people
Sitaantaagu → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Tlingit people ⓘ
Taku River → partOf → Tlingit traditional territory ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit people
Taku River → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ
Tongass people → partOf → Tlingit people ⓘ
Tongass people → subgroupOf → Tlingit people ⓘ
western red cedar → usedBy → Tlingit people ⓘ
Russian America → demographicsIncluded → Tlingit people ⓘ
subject linked to: Russian America (northwest)
Sealaska Corporation → represents → Tlingit people ⓘ
Sealaska Corporation → hasShareholders → Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Alaska Natives ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit people
Kake, Alaska → ethnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ
Kake, Alaska → culture → Tlingit culture ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit people
Chilkoot Inlet → traditionalTerritoryOf → Chilkoot Tlingit ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit people
Chilkoot Inlet → traditionalTerritoryOf → Tlingit peoples ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit people
Chilkoot River → associatedWithPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ
Baranov Island → indigenousPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ
Battle of Sitka → conflictBetween → Tlingit people ⓘ
Battle of Sitka → conflictBetween → Kiks.ádi clan of the Tlingit ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit people
Battle of Sitka → belligerent → Tlingit people ⓘ
Battle of Sitka → belligerent → Kiks.ádi Tlingit ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit people
City of Saxman → ethnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ
Ketchikan Creek area → hasHeritage → Tlingit culture ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit people
Angoon → ethnicMajority → Tlingit people ⓘ
Angoon → indigenousPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ
Southern Alaska → isInhabitedBy → Tlingit people ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Alaska
Saxman, Alaska → ethnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ
Ketchikan Gateway Borough → ethnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ
Kupreanof Island → hasEthnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ
Russian-American Company → engagedWith → Tlingit people ⓘ
Russian-American Company → conflictWith → Tlingit people ⓘ
Ketchikan Creek → associatedWith → Tlingit people ⓘ
First Salmon ceremony → associatedWith → Tlingit people ⓘ
Tsalxhaan → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Tlingit people ⓘ
Wrangell Island → hasIndigenousHeritage → Tlingit culture ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit people
Klawock → hasCulturalOrigin → Tlingit people ⓘ