History
Tlingit people have continuously occupied the Alaska territory for thousands of years. Tlingit culture is thought to have originate around 10000 years ago near the mouths of the Skeena and Nass Rivers. Their first contact with Europeans came in 1741 with Russian explorers, who were followed by Spanish explorers in 1775. Tlingits maintained their independence but suffered from smallpox and other diseases brought by the Europeans.
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