Tlingit

[tling-git]

noun

plural

Tlingits ,

plural

Tlingit .

1. a member of any of a number of Indigenous peoples of the coastal regions of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia.

2. the language of the Tlingit, a Na-Dene language.

Tlingit

/ ˈtlɪŋɡɪt /

noun

1. a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting S Alaska and N British Columbia

2. the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tlingit¹

First recorded in 1865–70; from Tlingit tłingít “human being, person, Tlingit”

Example Sentences

“We are a far cry from where we were last year,” said Roald Helgesen, chief operating officer of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska based in Juneau.

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Share a bit about your research into Alaska Native cultures and why the Tlingit people became a compelling element in the novel.

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Hall was born into the Tlingit tribe in a small fishing village in Alaska.

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“And I have, in a different and multidimensional way, tried to keep formline design and Tlingit sculpture and art growing and flourishing in the present day.”

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The museum said the items are all of Tlingit origin, a group Indigenous to what is now Southeast Alaska.

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