The tlingit

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The tlingit

• Lesson 1

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Main Idea

• The Tlingit live in the northern part of the West

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Vocabulary

• Totem pole
• potlatch

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Places

• Tlingit Cultural Region
• Juneau, Alaska

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Tlingit traditions

• Tlingit
• Native Americans who live along the southeastern
  coast of Alaska and the northern coast of British
  Columbia in Canada

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Tlingit cultural region

• Tlingit Cultural Region is heavily influenced by
  Tlingit culture
• Region is rich in natural resources
• Forests, fish, and game
• Hunted for deer and seals
• Fished for salmon
• Wood to build large homes

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Tlingit cultural region

• Totem poles
• A tall post carved with images of people and
  animals
• Carved for doorways and outside of homes
• Brightly painted
• Represent family history

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Tlingit cultural region

• Timber
• Used to make homes in winter
• Smaller wooden homes in summer
• Near fishing and hunting grounds
• Carved canoes for fishing and hunting

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Tlingit traditions

• Traded fish and game
• Made and traded goods
• Canoes, blankets, copper tools and ornaments
• Baskets and seal oil
• Traded with large network of Native Americans

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Tlingit traditions

• Chilkat blanket
• Woven from dyed wool of mountain goats and sheep
• Colorful with designs of shapes and animals
• Designs tell stories
• One of the most prized Tlingit goods

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The Potlatch

• Potlatch feast
• Celebrates weddings, births, deaths
• Shows family importance
• Over 100 guests sometimes
• Held by many NW Native Americans
• Practiced for many years before settlement

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The Potlatch

• Traditions
• Host gives gifts like canoes and blankets
• Host and guests make speeches
• Guests wear carved masks and dance
• Provide large amounts of food
• Feasts last up to 12 days
• Guests take food home to share

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The Potlatch Today

• Still held in modern Tlingit culture
• Speeches, dancing, feasts
• Gifts
• money and household goods
• Held on the weekend
• Do not miss work or school

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The Tlingit Today

• Some live on the same land
• Stayed where ancestors are from
• Jobs
• Logging and fishing
• Modern villages
• Combine traditions with modern life

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The Tlingit today

• Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian
  Tribes of Alaska
• Governs Tlingit and Haida tribes
• Sealaska Corporation
• Tlingit and other Native American tribes
• Build new buildings for the Tlingit
• Protects Tlingit property
• Ensures that tribe has enough money and land for
  the future