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plural Tlingit or Tlingits
: a member of a group of First Nations peoples of the islands and coast of southern Alaska
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: the language of the Tlingit peoples
Tlingit
adjective
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According to the Naval Heritage and History Command, accounts from the time say members of the Tlingit tribe forced the whaling ship to shore and took multiple hostages from the crew, along with demanding a ransom of 200 blankets, prompting the call for help by local officials from the Navy.
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Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
Ashley Sullivan Creative Kate Nelson, an Alaska Native Tlingit tribal member, is an award-winning writer and editor living in Minneapolis who regularly covers Indigenous travel experiences.
—Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
The Tlingit version contends the boat's crew, which included Tlingit members, likely remained with the vessel out of respect, planning to attend the funeral, and that no hostages were taken.
—CBS News, 26 Oct. 2024
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Moon Myths from Around the World
Thompson’s favorite myth involving the moon is a creation story from the Tlingit people of the northwest coast of North America.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
Alternate names for the August full moon include flying up moon to the Cree, harvest moon to the Dakota, ricing moon to the Anishinaabe, the mountain shadows moon to the Tlingit, and the black cherries moon to the Assiniboine.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024
At the Cleveland Museum in Ohio, a case displaying artifacts from the Tlingit people in Alaska has been reopened after their leadership gave consent, according to Todd Mesek, the museum’s spokesperson.
—Philip Marcelo, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2024
In Southeast Alaska, the Tlingit people throw salmon bones back to their home river as a gesture of reciprocity, in the hopes that the salmon will come back.
—Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024
Alternate names for the July full moon include feather moulting moon to the Cree, salmon moon to the Tlingit, berry moon to the Anishinaabe and month of the ripe corn moon to the Cherokee.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2024
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Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
Ashley Sullivan Creative Kate Nelson, an Alaska Native Tlingit tribal member, is an award-winning writer and editor living in Minneapolis who regularly covers Indigenous travel experiences.
—Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
The Tlingit version contends the boat's crew, which included Tlingit members, likely remained with the vessel out of respect, planning to attend the funeral, and that no hostages were taken.
—CBS News, 26 Oct. 2024
Read More: Ancient Humans and Their Early Depictions of the Cosmos
Moon Myths from Around the World
Thompson’s favorite myth involving the moon is a creation story from the Tlingit people of the northwest coast of North America.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
Alternate names for the August full moon include flying up moon to the Cree, harvest moon to the Dakota, ricing moon to the Anishinaabe, the mountain shadows moon to the Tlingit, and the black cherries moon to the Assiniboine.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024
At the Cleveland Museum in Ohio, a case displaying artifacts from the Tlingit people in Alaska has been reopened after their leadership gave consent, according to Todd Mesek, the museum’s spokesperson.
—Philip Marcelo, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2024
In Southeast Alaska, the Tlingit people throw salmon bones back to their home river as a gesture of reciprocity, in the hopes that the salmon will come back.
—Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024
Alternate names for the July full moon include feather moulting moon to the Cree, salmon moon to the Tlingit, berry moon to the Anishinaabe and month of the ripe corn moon to the Cherokee.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2024
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“Tlingit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tlingit. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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