Tribes of the Northwest Coast

ChinookTillamook

InuitTlingit

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:

1. Southern 2. Northern3. Gulf Coast4. Inland Tlingit

HOUSING

FoodHerring 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 http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/croads/tlingit.h tml