Tlingit
 Chief Anotklosh of the Taku Tribe, wearing a Chilkat blanket, Juneau, Alaska, ca. 1913 |
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (15,200 (14,000 in the United States and 1,200 in Canada)) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Alaska), Canada (British Columbia, Yukon) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Tlingit | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, esp. Russian Orthodox, traditional |
The Tlingit (/ˈklɪŋkᵻt/ or /ˈtlɪŋɡᵻt/; also spelled Tlinkit) are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is Lingít, meaning "People of the Tides" (pronounced [ɬɪnkɪ́t]). The Russian name Koloshi (Колоши) (from an Sugpiaq-Alutiiq term kulut'ruaq for the labret worn by women) or the related German name Koulischen may be encountered referring to the people in older historical literature, such as Shelikhov's 1796 map of Russian America.
The Tlingit have a matrilineal kinship system, with children considered born into the mother's clan, and property and hereditary roles passing through the mother's line. Their culture and society developed in the temperate rainforest of the southeast Alaska coast and the Alexander Archipelago. The Tlingit maintained a complex hunter-gatherer culture based on semi-sedentary management of fisheries. An inland group, known as the Inland Tlingit, inhabits the far northwestern part of the province of British Columbia and the southern Yukon Territory in Canada.
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