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.

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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

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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