Tlingit people

E390848

First Nations people Indigenous people Native American people

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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Tlingit people canonical	29
Tlingit culture	2
Chilkoot Tlingit	1
Kiks.ádi Tlingit	1
Kiks.ádi clan of the Tlingit	1
Tlingit peoples	1
Tlingit traditional territory	1
Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Alaska Natives	1
Áak’w Kwáan (a Tlingit group)	1

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	Haida art ⓘ surface form: Northwest Coast formline design
clanSystem	clans inherited from the mother ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRegion	Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ surface form: Northwest Coast cultural area
ethnicGroupOf	Pacific Northwest ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
governingBody	Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska ⓘ
kinshipSystem	matrilineal descent ⓘ
language	Tlingit ⓘ surface form: Tlingit language
languageFamily	Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Na-Dene language family
moiety	Eagle moiety ⓘ Raven moiety ⓘ Wolf moiety ⓘ
neighboringPeople	Athabascan peoples ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan peoples Haida ⓘ surface form: Haida people Tsimshian ⓘ surface form: Tsimshian people
oralTradition	historical narratives ⓘ legends ⓘ myths ⓘ
primaryRegion	Northwestern British Columbia ⓘ Southeastern Alaska ⓘ surface form: Southeast 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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

Sitka National Historical Park → associatedWithPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ

Saxman Totem Park → primaryEthnicAssociation → Tlingit people ⓘ

Totem Heritage Center → associatedWith → Tlingit people ⓘ

Russian colonization of the Americas → colonized → Tlingit people ⓘ

Russian colonization of the Americas → conflictWith → Tlingit people ⓘ

Wrangell → hasIndigenousPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ

Aak’wtaaksit → associatedPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ

Aak’wtaaksit → culturalSignificanceFor → Tlingit people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Áak’w Kwáan (a Tlingit group)

Aak’wtaaksit → partOfTraditionalTerritoryOf → Tlingit people ⓘ

Sitaantaagu → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Tlingit people ⓘ

Stikine River → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ

Taku River → partOf → Tlingit people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit traditional territory

Taku River → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ

Tongass people → partOf → Tlingit people ⓘ

Tongass people → subgroupOf → Tlingit people ⓘ

western red cedar → usedBy → Tlingit people ⓘ

Russian America (northwest) → demographicsIncluded → Tlingit people ⓘ

subject surface form: Russian America

Russian Orthodox missions → targetPopulation → Tlingit people ⓘ

Sealaska Corporation → represents → Tlingit people ⓘ

Sealaska Corporation → hasShareholders → Tlingit people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Alaska Natives

Kake, Alaska → ethnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ

Kake, Alaska → culture → Tlingit people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit culture

Chilkoot Inlet → traditionalTerritoryOf → Tlingit people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chilkoot Tlingit

Chilkoot Inlet → traditionalTerritoryOf → Tlingit people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit peoples

Chilkoot River → associatedWithPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ

Baranov Island → indigenousPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ

City and Borough of Sitka → hasEthnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ

Battle of Sitka → conflictBetween → Tlingit people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kiks.ádi clan of the Tlingit

Battle of Sitka → belligerent → Tlingit people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kiks.ádi Tlingit

Russian Orthodox mission in Alaska → targetedPopulation → Tlingit people ⓘ

City of Saxman → ethnicGroup → Tlingit people ⓘ

Ketchikan Creek area → hasHeritage → Tlingit people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit culture

Ketchikan Creek area → culturalSignificanceFor → Tlingit people ⓘ

Angoon → ethnicMajority → Tlingit people ⓘ

Angoon → indigenousPeople → Tlingit people ⓘ

southern Alaska → isInhabitedBy → Tlingit people ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Alaska