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Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America
The Tlingit or Lingít (/ˈklɪŋkɪt, ˈtlɪŋkɪt/ KLING-kit, TLING-kit) are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Tlingit people
Tlingit
Na-Dene language of southern Alaska
Tlingit (Lingít, pronounced [ɬɪ̀nkɪ́t]; English: /ˈklɪŋkɪt/ KLING-kit) is an endangered language indigenous to Southeast Alaska and Western Canada spoken
Tlingit_language
Indigenous North American language family
Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit, Tlina–Dene) is a family of Native American languages that includes at least the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, and Tlingit languages.
Na-Dene_languages
Topics referred to by the same term
Tlingit are an indigenous people of Alaska. Tlingit may also refer to: Tlingit language Tlingit alphabet Tlingit clans Tlingit cuisine Mount Tlingit,
Tlingit_(disambiguation)
Alaskan indigenous clan
The Tlingit clans of Southeast Alaska, in the United States, are one of the Indigenous cultures within Alaska. The Tlingit people also live in the Northwest
Tlingit_clans
Culinary traditions of the Tlingit people
Tlingit cuisine is the food and drink of the Tlingit people, an Indigenous group of people from Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon. It is a central
Tlingit_cuisine
Mountain summit in Alaska, US
Mount Tlingit is a 12,606-foot (3,842-meter) mountain summit in Alaska, United States. It lies approximately 2 miles southeast of Mount Quincy Adams and
Mount_Tlingit
The culture of the Tlingit, an Indigenous people from Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon, is multifaceted, a characteristic of Northwest Coast peoples
Culture_of_the_Tlingit
Tribal entity based in Juneau, Alaska
The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (CCTHITA) is a United States federally recognized Tlingit and Haida Alaska Native tribal
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Central_Council_of_the_Tlingit_&_Haida_Indian_Tribes_of_Alaska
Indigenous people of northwestern North America
The history of the Tlingit includes pre- and post-contact events and stories. Tradition-based history includes creation stories, the Raven Cycle, migration
History_of_the_Tlingit
Mountain in Alaska, United States
Tlingit Peak is a 3,274-foot (998 m) mountain summit in the US state of Alaska. Tlingit Peak is located in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains
Tlingit_Peak
Consolidated city-borough in Alaska, US
The Municipality and Borough of Skagway (Tlingit: Shg̱agwei) is a borough and city in the U.S. state of Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. As of the 2020
Skagway,_Alaska
Transcriptions of Tlingit
The Tlingit language has been recorded in a number of orthographies over the two hundred years since European contact. The first transcriptions of Tlingit
Tlingit_alphabet
Consolidated city-borough in Alaska, US
Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; Russian: Ситка) is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under Russian rule from
Sitka,_Alaska
Capital of Alaska, United States
Juneau (/ˈdʒuːnoʊ/ JOO-noh; Tlingit: Dzántik'i Héeni [ˈtsʌ́ntʰɪ̀kʼɪ̀ ˈhíːnɪ̀] transl. Base of the Flounder's River), officially the City and Borough of
Juneau,_Alaska
Alaska Native village
The Yakutat Tlingit Tribe is a federally recognized Tlingit Alaska Native tribal entity. Other federally recognized Tlingit tribes include the Central
Yakutat_Tlingit_Tribe
The philosophy and religion of the Tlingit, although never formally codified, was historically a fairly well organized philosophical and religious system
Philosophy and religion of the Tlingit
Philosophy_and_religion_of_the_Tlingit
Grammar of the Tlingit language
The Tlingit language is a Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingit people who are indigenous to most of Southeast Alaska. Its grammar has features similar
Tlingit_grammar
Battle in the Russian colonization of Alaska
the Tlingit nation and agents of the Russian-American Company assisted by the Imperial Russian Navy. Members of the Kiks.ádi of the indigenous Tlingit people
Battle_of_Sitka
Mountain in Alaska, United States
Mount Tlingit Ankawoo is a 7,550-foot-elevation (2,301-meter) mountain summit in Alaska. Mount Tlingit Ankawoo is the highest point of the Takhinsha Mountains
Mount_Tlingit_Ankawoo
Alaska Native tribe
recognized Native American tribe of Tlingit people. This Alaska Native tribe is headquartered in Kake, Alaska (Tlingit: Ḵéex̱’). The tribe has 600 enrolled
Organized_Village_of_Kake
Alaska Native tribe
of Tlingit people. This Alaska Native tribe is headquartered in Klawock, Alaska Tlingit: Lawáak. They are known as the Klawock Tlingit and Tlingit: Heinÿaa
Klawock Cooperative Association
Klawock_Cooperative_Association
maintain the religion. By the late 1780s, trade relations had opened with the Tlingits, and in 1799 the RAC was formed to monopolize the fur trade, also serving
Russian colonization of North America
Russian_colonization_of_North_America
Town in Alaska
Hoonah (Tlingit: Xunaa or Gaaw Yat’aḵ Aan) is a largely Tlingit community on Chichagof Island, located in Alaska's panhandle in the southeast region of
Hoonah,_Alaska
Village in Yukon, Canada
The community of Teslin (/'tɛs.lɪn/ TESS-lin) (Tlingit: Desleen) includes the Village of Teslin in Yukon, Canada. Teslin is situated at historical Mile
Teslin,_Yukon
Native American actor from Alaska (born 1985)
June 27, 1985) is an American actor and model. An Alaska Native, he is Tlingit and Koyukon Athabascan. Sensmeier is known for playing various Native American
Martin_Sensmeier
Consonantal sound
fricative [xʼ] (in Tlingit, Tigrinya) labialized velar ejective fricative [xʷʼ] (in Tlingit) uvular ejective fricative [χʼ] (in Tlingit and isiXhosa) labialized
Ejective_consonant
Alaska Native tribe
federally recognized Native American tribe in the United States of Chilkat Tlingit people.. This Alaska Native tribe is headquartered in Klukwan, Alaska,
Chilkat_Indian_Village
Alaska Native tribe
tribe of Tlingit people. This Alaska Native tribe is headquartered in Saxman, Alaska, and has 386 enrolled citizens. They are known as the Tlingit of Saxman
Organized_Village_of_Saxman
Monumental carvings by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest
the Pacific Northwest Coast including northern Northwest Coast Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian communities in Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Kwakwaka'wakw
Totem_pole
Unincorporated community in British Columbia, Canada
Atlin (Tlingit: Wéinaa) is a community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the eastern shore of Atlin Lake. In addition to continued
Atlin,_British_Columbia
1869 conflict in Alaska
authorities used common law, while the Tlingit people used indigenous law. Americans generally characterized the Tlingit legal framework as based on "revenge";
Kake_War
Russian trader, merchant and first governor of Russian America (1747–1819)
bought a portion of land from the Tlingit and built a fort and settlement on Sitka Island overlooking Sitka Sound, the Tlingit believed that land could not
Alexander_Andreyevich_Baranov
English adaptation of the Tlingit verb theme aa łsêxh, which means a person habitually rests. It was the name of a Nóogaa (Tlingit) village located on the
List of White Pass and Yukon Route locomotives and cars
List_of_White_Pass_and_Yukon_Route_locomotives_and_cars
Island in southeast Alaska, US
bears, bald eagles, and Sitka black-tailed deer. Angoon, a traditional Tlingit community home to 572 people, is the only settlement on the island, although
Admiralty_Island
originally spoken by the Teslin Tlingit or Deisleen Ḵwáan (″Big Sinew Tribe″) is Tlingit. Together with the Taku River Tlingit or Áa Tlein Ḵwáan (″Big Lake
Teslin_Tlingit_Council
Consolidated city-borough in Alaska, United States
YAK-ə-tat; Tlingit: Yaakwdáat) is a borough in the state of Alaska. Yakutat was also the name of a former city within the borough. The name in Tlingit is Yaakwdáat
Yakutat,_Alaska
Aurel (1956). The Tlingit Indians. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 194–204. Kan, Sergei (1999). Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian
Shamanism among Alaska Natives
Shamanism_among_Alaska_Natives
A portion of the Bible, Matthew's gospel, was first translated into Tlingit of Alaska by Ivan Nadezhdin of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1859. Although
Bible translations into Tlingit
Bible_translations_into_Tlingit
Extinct Na-Dené language of US
Tlingit. Numerous Tlingit place names along the Gulf Coast are derived from names in Eyak; they have obscure or even nonsensical meanings in Tlingit,
Eyak_language
Totem pole in Sitka, Alaska
Sitka, Alaska, United States. Located in the city's Totem Square, the Tlingit totem pole was commissioned in the 1940s by the United States Forest Service
Baranof_totem_pole
City in Alaska, U.S.
Klawock (Tlingit: Lawáak) is a city in Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, in the U.S. state of Alaska, on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, on
Klawock,_Alaska
American poet, linguist, and translator
and subsequently became an expert on, the Tlingit nation of southeastern Alaska. He was married to the Tlingit poet and scholar Nora Marks Dauenhauer. With
Richard_Dauenhauer
Country primarily in North America
Kuskokwim, Gwichʼin, Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Also known less formally as Obamacare As of 2026
United_States
Tlingit poet, short-story writer, and scholar (1927–2017)
2017) was a Tlingit poet, short-story writer, and Tlingit language scholar from Alaska. She won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The
Nora_Marks_Dauenhauer
Gift-giving festival and economic system
body, and economic system. This includes the Heiltsuk, Haida, Nuxalk, Tlingit, Makah, Tsimshian, Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka'wakw, and Coast Salish cultures
Potlatch
Territory of Canada
a part in cultural heritage of the territory; these languages include Tlingit, and the less common Tahltan, as well as seven Athapaskan languages, Upper
Yukon
City in Alaska, United States
Ketchikan (/ˈkɛtʃɪkæn/ KETCH-ih-kan; Tlingit: Kichx̱áan, pronounced [kʰɪt͡ʃʰχáːn]) is a city in and the borough seat of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Ketchikan,_Alaska
Mythical sea wolf
Konakadeit, commonly referred to as the Sea-Wolf, is a mythical creature in the Tlingit tradition of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is also
Gonakadet
Archaeological site in Alaska, United States
of Russia". The post was attacked and destroyed by Tlingit people in 1805 during the Russo-Tlingit War [ru] of 1802-1805. The 7 buildings inside a stockade
New_Russia_(trading_post)
Consolidated city-borough in Alaska, United States
Wrangell (Tlingit: Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw, Russian: Врангель, romanized: Vrangel') is a borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census the population
Wrangell,_Alaska
American illustrator and artist
a member of the Tlingit tribe, he is recognized for his contributions to children's picture books that aim to revitalize the Tlingit language and strengthen
Nick_Alan_Foote
Species of flowering plant
Alaskan ginseng and similar names, although it is not a true ginseng. In Tlingit it is known as S’áxt’. Devil's club generally grows to 1 to 1.5 metres
Devil's_club
1882 American attack on the Tlingit in Alaska
of the Tlingit village of Angoon, Alaska, by US Naval forces under Commander Edgar C. Merriman and Michael A. Healy in October 1882. A Tlingit shaman
Angoon_bombardment
American artist
Jackson (Tlingit: Yéil Yádi, lit. 'Raven Child', born August 29, 1938) is an Alaska Native artist. He is among the most important living Tlingit artists
Nathan_Jackson
The Taku River Tlingit First Nation are the band government of the Inland Tlingit in far northern British Columbia, Canada and also in Yukon. They comprise
Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Taku_River_Tlingit_First_Nation
Shakes or Chief Shakes is a distinguished Tlingit leadership title passed down through generations among groups of native people from Northwestern North
Shakes_(Tlingit_leaders)
Art style associated with the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest
term commonly applied to a style of art created primarily by artists from Tlingit, Haida, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth and
Northwest_Coast_art
Island in southeastern Alaska
island's name comes from Kuiu Kwaan people of the Tlingit who lived here post glaciation. Kuiu in Tlingit means stomach. After a smallpox epidemic that nearly
Kuiu_Island
Alaska Native tribe
Cooperative Association is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Tlingit people. This Alaska Native tribe is headquartered in Wrangell, Alaska.
Wrangell Cooperative Association
Wrangell_Cooperative_Association
Island in southeastern Alaska, United States
is called Shee in Tlingit. It is the smallest of the ABC islands of Alaska. The indigenous group native to the island, the Tlingit, named the island Shee
Baranof_Island
American writer
curating Chiefly Feasts. As an author, her books include Art of the Northern Tlingit (1986), From the Land of the Totem Poles (1988), The Yuquot Whalers' Shrine
Aldona_Jonaitis
Port in United States
Many of them are of the Tlingit people, and "all profits directly [support] the community of Hoonah, Alaska’s largest Native Tlingit village". As of 2024
Icy_Strait_Point
Tlingit artist
born 1989) is an artist of the Tlingit people of Alaska, whose art combines themes of humor, contemporary art, and Tlingit traditions, using mixed media
Alison_Bremner
Group of indigenous languages of North America
morphology. Tlingit is distantly related to the Athabaskan–Eyak group to form the Na-Dene family, also known as Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit (AET). With Jeff
Athabaskan_languages
American anthropologist (born 1953)
writings on the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska, focusing on the potlatch and on the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Tlingit communities. Kan
Sergei_Kan
19th century Alaska native leader
Katlian (Tlingit: K’alyáan) (c. 1770s – unknown) was a Tlingit chief of the Kiks.ádi clan who led a rebellion against the Russian Empire in Alaska, culminating
Katlian
Native-American civil rights activist (1911–1958)
Elizabeth Peratrovich (née Elizabeth Jean Wanamaker; Tlingit: Ḵaax̲gal.aat [qʰaχ.ɡʌɬ.ʔatʰ]; July 4, 1911 – December 1, 1958) was an American civil rights
Elizabeth_Peratrovich
Novel by Michael Chabon
are populated primarily by Tlingit Alaska Natives, and there has been a history of friction between the Jews and the Tlingit, but also of intermarriage
The_Yiddish_Policemen's_Union
US Navy attack on Tlingit tribe in 1856
Port Gamble was an isolated engagement between the United States and the Tlingit on 21 November 1856. It occurred during, but was not a part of, the Yakima
Battle_of_Port_Gamble
Alaska Native tribe
United States of Chilkoot Tlingit people.. This Alaska Native tribe is headquartered in Haines, Alaska. Haines is called Tlingit: Deishú, which means both
Chilkoot_Indian_Association
Délin Chú and the Chilkat Tlingit called it Deisleen Héeni. In the Tlingit language the local kwaan or tribe of Inland Tlingit call themselves Deisleen
Teslin_River
Pacific Northwest Coast form of weaving
weaving originated among the Tsimshian, and was retained by traditional Tlingit and Haida weavers in present-day Alaska. Ravenstail weaving is thought
Ravenstail_weaving
Totem pole in Juneau, Alaska
The Yaxté totem pole (Tlingit: Yaxté kootéeyaa) is a Tlingit totem pole designed by Linn A. Forrest and carved by Frank St. Clair in 1941 as part of a
Yaxté_totem_pole
Romance language
Chipewyan Dogrib Gwichʼin Hän Kaska Nicola † Sekani Slavey Tagish † Tahltan Tlingit Tsetsaut † Tsilhqotʼin Tsuutʼina Tutchone Northern Southern Salishan Comox
French_language
River in Canada
The Tatshenshini River (/ˌtætʃɛnˈʃiːni/; Tlingit Tʼachanshahéeni, Southern Tutchone Shäwshe Chù) is a river in the Canadian boreal forest, in the southwestern
Tatshenshini_River
Home Rule Borough in Alaska, United States
Haines (Tlingit: Deishú) is a census-designated place located in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. It is in the northern part of the Alaska Panhandle
Haines,_Alaska
City in Alaska, United States
Angoon (sometimes formerly spelled Angun, Tlingit: Aangóon) is a city on Admiralty Island, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Angoon had a
Angoon,_Alaska
City in Alaska, U.S.
population of 543. The name comes from the Tlingit word Ḵéix̱ʼ (Northern Tlingit) or Ḵéex̱ʼ (Southern Tlingit), which is derived from ḵée 'dawn, daylight'
Kake,_Alaska
ecosystem of the area. Historically the Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest foraged off of the land. The Tlingit cuisine included everything from whales
List of edible plants and mushrooms of southeast Alaska
List_of_edible_plants_and_mushrooms_of_southeast_Alaska
Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast
recognized Haida tribes in the United States include the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and the Hydaburg Cooperative Association
Haida_people
Alaska Native tribe
headquartered in Angoon, Alaska. They are Tlingit. The tribe belong to the Kootznoowoo Tlingit people (Tlingit: Xootsnoowú Ḵwáan). The name Kootznoowoo
Angoon_Community_Association
Lake in British Columbia, Canada
Atlin Lake (Tlingit: Áa Tlein) is the largest natural lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The lake is 6.44 kilometres (4.00 mi) wide and
Atlin_Lake
Lake in British Columbia and Yukon, Canada
the Tlingit language the local kwaan or tribe of Tlingit is called Deisleen Kwáan", meaning "Big Sinew Tribe". There are three Taku River Tlingit First
Teslin_Lake
Bitterroot Salish territories in western Montana and as far north as the Tlingit at Sitka. Widespread pockmarks and scars among older native populations
1770s Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic
1770s_Pacific_Northwest_smallpox_epidemic
Historic totem pole in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
a Tlingit totem pole located in Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle, Washington. The original totem pole was carved in 1790 and raised in the Tlingit village
Pioneer_Square_totem_pole
groups among the Tahltan and Tlingit First Nations to the north. In the case of the Tlingit, the connection is through Tlingit Wolves who migrated south
Laxgibuu
United States historic place
relocated to this place from unoccupied Tlingit villages in the region, or were reconstructed by skilled Tlingit carvers under the auspices of the Civilian
Saxman_Totem_Park
United States historic place
Castle Hill (Tlingit: Noow Tlein, Russian: Замковый холм) also known as the American Flag-Raising Site and now as the Baranof Castle State Historic Site
Castle_Hill_(Sitka,_Alaska)
Largest living species of dolphin
Kwakwaka'wakw mythology, orcas may embody the souls of deceased chiefs. The Tlingit of southeastern Alaska regarded the orca as custodian of the sea and a
Orca
Island in the United States of America
Prince of Wales Island (Tlingit: Taan) is one of the islands of the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle. It is the fourth-largest island in
Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)
Prince_of_Wales_Island_(Alaska)
Subdivision of the Tlingit people of Alaska
are an Alaska Native people, a ḵwáan or geographic subdivision of the Tlingit, known in their own language as the Tʼaaḵu Ḵwáan or "Geese Flood Upriver
Taku_people
Lake in Yukon, Canada
in the southern Yukon, Canada. Kusawa means "long narrow lake" in the Tlingit language. The Kusawa Lake is a lake in Canada's Yukon Territory. It is
Kusawa_Lake
River in British Columbia, Canada
south of Observatory Inlet. The English name "Nass" is derived from the Tlingit name Naas which means "intestines" or "guts" in reference to the river's
Nass_River
Fjord on the southeast coast of Alaska, United States
Lituya Bay (/lɪˈtjuːjə/ ; Tlingit: Ltu.aa [ɬtʰʊ̀ʔàː], meaning 'lake within the point') is a fjord located on the coast of the south-east part of the U
Lituya_Bay
German geographer (1848–1908)
1908) was a German geographer known today for his early ethnography of the Tlingit Indigenous peoples of southeast Alaska, published in 1885. Krause was born
Aurel_Krause
Pueblo Marcus Amerman, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Preston Singletary, Tlingit Natalie Ball (born 1980), Klamath/Modoc Sarah Biscarra-Dilley, Northern
List of Native American artists
List_of_Native_American_artists
Human hero of the Tlingit/Haida Blackfish creation myth
"Blackfish" creation myth, one of the Tlingit and Haida stories about how the various supernatural animal species from the Tlingit culture of the American Northwest
Natsilane
Ancient Eurasian icon and Nazi symbol
meanings for people around the world, such as the Akan, Hopi, Navajo, and Tlingit peoples. With well-being (swasti) we would follow along our path, like
Swastika
and a number of smaller tribes, including the Iñupiat, Yup'ik, Aleut, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and others. Even with just a small number of communities
Alaska_Native_languages
TLINGIT
TLINGIT
TLINGIT
TLINGIT
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
First Preference
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Destroyer of Foes
Boy/Male
Indian, Marathi
Lord Shiv in the Himalayas
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Roman Latin Pompilius, possibly POMPILIU means "display, solemn procession."Â
Girl/Female
Indian
Old Arabic name
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Gives joy.
Girl/Female
Latin
A nymph.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Reviver of lakshmanas life
Girl/Female
Spanish
Blond.
Male
Welsh
Welsh name probably derived from the word einion, EINION means "anvil."
TLINGIT
TLINGIT
TLINGIT
TLINGIT
TLINGIT