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Alaska Map: Geographical information - 0 views

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geography

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  • includes more than 1,000 islands as well as a rainforest
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Tlingit - Early history, First contact with europeans, The land claims period - 0 views

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history

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  • southern end of the Alaska coastline, a region known as Southeast Alaska, is home to the primary Tlingit
  • (pronounced "klingit")
  • few communities connected by road
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  • communities are located from just south of Ketchikan and are scattered northward across islands and mainland as far as the Icy Bay area
  • population at time of contact by Europeans is estimated to have been 15,000
  • Tlingit and Haida are almost always grouped together for statistical purposes
  • a total of 20,713 Tlingit and Haida, of which 16,771 are Tlingit
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Tlingit Phrases, Colors and Greetings | Chilkat Indian Village - 0 views

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tlingit culture language

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  • Yakíei yee y·t · xwal geini. (p) It is good to look upon your faces.
  • GunalchÈesh haat yee.aadi. (plural) Thank you all for coming. Listen
  • Sh tug·a xat ditee yeexw siteeni. (p) I am very pleased to see you all.
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Religion and Traditions - The Tlingit People - 0 views

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religion tlingit culture

shared by Evan S on 22 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • consulted the spirit doctor, or ixt’, when illnesses became severe
  • most celebrated today for events such as burials, adoptions, child naming, totem pole raising, or house building
  • many clans will gather and typically perform traditional dances and songs, and recite stories
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  • ceremonies differ greatly from event to event
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Religion and expressive culture - Tlingit - 0 views

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tlingit religion

shared by Evan S on 21 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • primordial grandfather, or "divisible-rich-man," controlled the sun, moon, stars, and daylight in addition to creating all living things
  • Raven (cultural hero, benefactor, trickster, and rascal) who was credited with organizing the world
  • world filled with spirits, or jek
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  • every material object or physical force could be inhabited by a spirit, Tlingit were taught to respect everything
  • penalty for disrespect was the loss of ability to obtain food
  • Each Tlingit had a mortal and an immortal spirit
  • Tlingit had a personal guardian spirit, or tu-kina-jek
  • Spirit doctors, or ichet, received more powerful spirits
  • Witches, or nukw-sati, sought evil power
  • Dancing societies never gained a major foothold in Tlingit society
  • sought their power primarily through their clan spirit doctor
  • Politicoreligious ceremonies called potlatches, or koolex, marked significant events
  • Spirits of the dead traveled to the appropriate level of heaven commensurate with their moral conduct in this life
  • the highest heaven, Kiwa-a, a realm of happiness
  • Dog Heaven, Ketl-kiwa, a place of torment
  • remained in the afterworld for a period of time and then returned to this world as a reincarnation of some deceased maternal relative
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CCTHITA - About Us - History - 0 views

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tlingit tlingit&haida

shared by Evan S on 10 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • David Morgan, a school teacher form Hoonah, was the first president of the Central Council
  • Edward K. Thomas: 2010-Current
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Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian | Cultures of Alaska - 0 views

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tlingit haida culture

shared by Evan S on 07 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian share a common and similar Northwest Coast Culture with important differences
  • Tlingit language has four main dialects: Northern, Southern, Inland and Gulf Coast with variations in accent from each village
  • Haida people speak an isolate (unrelated to other) language, Haida, with three dialects: Skidegate and Masset in British Columbia, Canada and the Kaigani dialect of Alaska
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  • Tlingits have occupied this territory for a very long time. The western scientific date is of 10,000 years
  • original homeland of the Haida people is the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia
  • environment is a temperate rain forest
  • many tall and massive trees
  • Wood was the most important commodity
  • tools to make the wood into usable items were adzes, mauls, wedges, digging sticks
  • To cut the wood people used chipped rocks, bones, beaver teeth and shells
  • seasonal salmon runs
  • weirs (fences) and traps were placed in streams
  • Holding ponds were built in the inter-tidal region
  • Dip nets, hooks, harpoons and spears were also used to harvest salmon
  • specialized hook, shaped in a ‘V’ or ‘U’ form allowed the people to catch specific sized halibut
  • baskets were used for cooking, storage, and for holding clams, berries, seaweed and water
  • inner cedar bark was pounded to make baby cradle padding, as well as clothing such as capes, skirts, shorts and blankets
  • no central government existed
  • Decisions were made at the clan, village or house level
  • highly stratified culture, consisting of high-ranking individuals/families, commoners and slaves
  • unions were arranged by family members
  • Slaves were usually captives from war raids
  • had an exogamous (meaning they married outside of their own group), matrilineal clan system, which means that the children trace their lineage and names from their mother
  • children inherit all rights through the mother, including the use of the clan fishing, hunting and gathering land, the right to use specific clan crests as designs on totem poles, houses, clothing, and ceremonial regalia
  • In the Tlingit clan system, one moiety was known as Raven or Crow, the other moiety as Eagle or Wolf depending upon the time period
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      Evan S on 07 Sep 13
       
      moiety -  one of two groups into which a tribe is divided on the basis of (matrilineal) descent Source dictionary.com
  • Haida have two moieties, Eagle and Raven, and also have many clans under each
  • used animal fur, mountain goat wool, tanned skins and cedar bark for clothing
  • After western trading, wool and cotton materials were common
  • main means of travel was by canoes
  • Haida canoes, made from a single cedar log up to 60 feet in length, were the most highly prized commodity
  • water supplied their main food. One of the most important fish was salmon
  • Steelhead, herring, herring eggs, and ooligans (eulachon) were also caught
  • lans owned the salmon streams, halibut banks, berry patches, land for hunting, intertidal regions, and egg harvesting areas
  • food was preserved by smoking in smokehouses or was dried, either by wind or sun
  • known for a ceremony called the “potlatch”
  • Potlatches were held for the following occasions: a funeral or memorial potlatch, whereby the dead are honored; the witness and validation of the payment of a debt, or naming an individual; the completion of a new house; the completion and naming of clan regalia; a wedding; the naming of a child; the erection of a totem pole; or to rid the host of a shame
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  • built their homes from red cedar, spruce, and hemlock timber and planks
  • houses, roofed with heavy cedar bark or spruce shingles, ranged in size from 35’-40’ x 50’-100’, with some Haida houses being 100’ x 75’
  • houses had a central fire pit with a centrally located smoke hole
  • Each local group of Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian had at least one permanent winter village
  • had winter villages along the banks of streams or along saltwater beaches for easy access to fish-producing streams
  • from the Copper River Delta to the Southeast Panhandle is a temperate rainforest with precipitation ranging from 112 inches per year to almost 200 inches per year
  • each house could hold 20-50 individuals with a village size between 300-500 people
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CCTHITA - About Us - History - 0 views

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history tlingit tlingit&haida ccthita

shared by Evan S on 03 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • The Haida Nation and the Tlingit Nation have existed as two separate and distinct people since time immemorial
  • born into their identity through a matrilineal clan system: One's identity is established through the mother's clan
  • take great pride in our ability to cultivate and harvest the resources of the land and sea in a responsible manner
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  • have always lived on these sacred and wondrous lands and waters of Southeast Alaska as the original occupants
  • All Haida and Tlingit clans are organized into two major moieties: Eagle and Raven
  • have made a transition to a written, formal process to engage in foreign government relationships
  • Foreigners continue to attack our rights to self-government as sovereign nations, while continuing the decimation of the Tlingit and Haida population, our traditional homeland
  • waters remain our highways
  • commerce includes a monetary system, as well as a bartering system, for the exchange of goods and services
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History of the Tlingit Indians - 0 views

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tlingit history

shared by Evan S on 03 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • are also known as Kolosh
  • belong to the Southeastern coast and coastal islands of Alaska
  • governed by CCTHITA or the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
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  • lingit Indians and the Haida are closely related in culture
  • groups usually consisted of over twenty clans
  • lived in three groups including the Yehl or Raven, Goch or Wolf, and Nehadi or Eagle
  • clans may have contained two or more villages which was further divided into house groups which contained a number of families
  • groups were given their status based on the wealth, character, and ancestors of their members
  • no village leaders and disputes were mediated by the clan heads
  • known for their elaborate ceremonies
  • commonly encountered explorers looking for the Northwest Passage
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CCTHITA - Central Council Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska - 0 views

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tlingit central_council

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  • headquarters are in Juneau, Alaska
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Facts for Kids: Tlingit Indians (Tlingits) - 0 views

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tlingit

shared by Evan S on 03 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • pronounced "TLIN-git" or "KLIN-kit."
  • English pronunciation of their native word Lingit, which means "people."
  • In their own language, the first sound is a 'breathy l' that does not exist in English
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  • live in southern Alaska and in British Columbia and the Yukon in Canada
  • In Canada, there are two separate Tlingit communities, called Masset and Skidegate
  • in Canada--is politically independent and has its own leadership
  • Tlingits belong to a coalition called the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
  • Tlingit is an endangered language because most children aren't learning it
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