Tlingit Tribe

By: Gwenyth DiPrinzio

Foods• Seal• Clams• Shellfish• Fish eggs• Venison• Berries• Whale • Halibut• Herring• Cod• Salmon• Sea Greens• Cherub roots• Wild celery

Transportation• Canoe• Long • More than 18 in. • Fits a lot people • Art • Uses oars • Made of wood• Floats• Made long time

ago

Songs\Dances Salmon dance

• Love music • Songs to Greet

guests• Thank you songs• Funny songs• Ceremonial Dances • Dance traditions• Uses drums • Dances for children• Express themselves • Communicate• Costumes• Masks

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Location • Coastal Alaska• Land extends more than 500 miles• Yukon in Canada• 2010- 15,000 Indians• Covered with mountains• Divided area about 15 quants• British Colombia border • Two or more villages in each

location• Mainly along the coast

Climate • Temperate • Mostly cold• 40s or under• Winter 20°- 30°

below zero• Lowest weather- 80°

below zero • About 139 mph wind

speed • Strong winds

Shelter Description

• Large plank houses- in winter• Related families live in there • Rectangular cedar • Bark roofs • Large• 100 feet long• Several families- same clan • 50 people • Cedar wood• Ceremonial purposes • Modern houses

Languages/Stories• Story sometimes saved• Na- Dene language• Related to Eyak and

Athabasca • Shared Around the world• Around 400 native speakers• Popular in Alaska• Spoke Yukon in Canada • Symbols• Art

Ceremonies/Religions

• Believe people can control sun, stars, moon• Raven myth - Guardian spirit• Believe something similar to heaven• Cure illnesses• Protect people in tribe wars • European wars • Heal the sick feed the hungry

Weapons • Bow • Spear• Body armor• Bone fishhooks • Toggles • Animal teeth - They use it on• Elk • Caribou• Moose• Deer

Animal Use • Whale- blubber• Sea Lions- skin for

clothing/blankets• Keep houses warm • Food • Fish - Always cold during winter when you don’t have…• Clothing • Shelter• Warm fire- cook

food

Roles • Divided into 3

groups • Men- hunt• Killer whales• Seals • Women- rise kids • House keeping • Story telling • Creating art • Kids- educated • Learned about tribe • Go to a Native

American school

Relationships with other tribes- Haida Tribe• Told story Raven• Born their identity through

matrilineal clan system • There tribe is made up of two

groups• Eagle • Raven • Good relationship• Live close to each other• They believed The Creator

blessed them• Take pride in everything

Interesting Facts • Language dying out• Popular food- seals• Tlingit means “people”• 1741 first contact with

Europeans • Like to trade • Tribe diseases• Been in Canada for many

years • Makes totem poles • Good supply of food• Difficult language to learn • Few native Americans speak

this language