Tlingit

Tlingit Cuisine - Marine Mammals - Whales
... other north Pacific coast peoples, the Tlingit do not hunt whale ... explanation follows from the tendency of the Tlingit to harvest and eat in moderation despite the surrounding abundance of foodstuffs ... Thus the Tlingit avoided the whale harvest for sociopolitical and socioeconomic reasons ...

List Of Bibliographical Materials On The Potlatch - Tlingit
... Elias The History and Culture of the Yakutat Tlingit ... Emmons, George Thornton (1991) The Tlingit Indians ... Kan, Sergei (1989) Symbolic Immortality The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century ...

Chatham School District - Klukwan School
... grades pre-kindergarten through 12 in and around the Tlingit villaige of Klukwan, near Haines ... is to support efforts to revitalize the Tlingit language, it offers Tlingit language classes ...

Culture Of The Tlingit
... The culture of the Tlingit, an Indigenous people from Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon, is multifaceted and complex, a characteristic of Northwest Coast peoples with access to easily exploited rich resources ... In Tlingit culture a heavy emphasis is placed upon family and kinship, and on a rich tradition of oratory ... Art and spirituality are incorporated in nearly all areas of Tlingit culture, with even everyday objects such as spoons and storage boxes decorated and imbued ...

Atlin, British Columbia
... The name comes from Áa Tlein, the Tlingit language word for "big body of water" ... The surrounding area has been used by Inland Tlingit people for many years and the community is home to the Taku River Tlingit First Nation ...