Tribes of the Northwest Coast Chinook Tillamook Inuit Tlingit Kwakiutl

The Tlingit (pronounced "TLIN-git" or "KLIN-kit“) “Low tide activity people” Thlane means ‘low tide’ git means ‘human activity’ Native name lingit, meaning “human” Hunters and gatherers

Lived on the Northwest Coast Alaska’s southeastern coast Copper River, in the north, to the Dixon Entrance, in the south Comprised tribes or groups: Southern Northern Gulf Coast Inland Tlingit

HOUSING

Food Herring Spawn that has been deposited on moss and broad seaweed leaves. Seaweed cakes drying in the sun, Sitka.

Clothing

Family Roles Men Women Children

What did they produce and create? Totem Poles Blankets Baskets

Ceremonies Potlach Key ceremony, memorial, celebration. Spend year acquiring materials to be given away.

References Emmons, G.T. & de Laguna, F. (Ed.) (1991) The Tlingit Indians. American Museum of Natural History. Glmech, S. B. (2008). The Tlingit encounter with photography. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania. (2002). Peoples of Alaska. Arctic Studies Center: Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved September 20, 2009 from tml