Tlingit people
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- Note
- "The Tlingit (/ˈklɪŋkɪt/ or /ˈtlɪŋɡɪt/; also spelled Tlinkit; Russian: Тлинкиты) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is the Tlingit language (natively Lingít, pronounced [ɬɪ̀nkɪ́tʰ]), in which the name means ´People of the Tides´. The Russian name Koloshi (Колоши, from a 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 Grigory 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 Alaskan 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." - (en.wikipedia.org 16.12.2021)
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