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Tribes of the Northwest Coast

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.

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Tribes of the Northwest Coast

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  1. Tribes of the Northwest Coast Chinook Tillamook Inuit Tlingit Kwakiutl

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. HOUSING

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

  6. Clothing

  7. Family Roles Men Women Children

  8. What did they produce and create? Baskets Totem Poles Blankets

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

  10. 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 fromhttp://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/croads/tlingit.h tml

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