The Inland Tlingit
Ethnographers confidently point to the Tlingit-speaking population of southeastern Alaska as an important component of the Northwest Coast culture area. They cite these Indians as a maritime oriented group, sharing a common speech and many distinctive culture traits. About fourteen Tlingit tribes ha...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0081130000001167 2024-03-03T08:43:34+00:00 The Inland Tlingit McClellan, Catharine 1953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0081130000001167 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0081130000001167 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology volume 9, page 47-52 ISSN 0081-1300 2330-2275 journal-article 1953 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0081130000001167 2024-02-08T08:37:59Z Ethnographers confidently point to the Tlingit-speaking population of southeastern Alaska as an important component of the Northwest Coast culture area. They cite these Indians as a maritime oriented group, sharing a common speech and many distinctive culture traits. About fourteen Tlingit tribes have been listed and in part described for the Alaska coast. I should like to discuss three less well-known Tlingit-speaking bands now located in the interior of northern British Columbia and of southern Yukon Territory. These three neighboring groups are: the Tagish band of Carcross at the junction of lakes Bennett and Nares; the Atlin band on the lake of the same name; and the Teslin band with headquarters on Teslin Lake. This is the farthest inland of the lakes mentioned, and it is little more than a hundred miles from the mild, damp Pacific coast with its abundant sea and shore life. Article in Journal/Newspaper Carcross Tagish Teslin tlingit Alaska Yukon Cambridge University Press Yukon Pacific Nares ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) Tagish ENVELOPE(-134.272,-134.272,60.313,60.313) Atlin ENVELOPE(-133.689,-133.689,59.578,59.578) Carcross ENVELOPE(-134.704,-134.704,60.166,60.166) Teslin ENVELOPE(-132.724,-132.724,60.166,60.166) Teslin Lake ENVELOPE(-132.300,-132.300,59.833,59.833) Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology 9 47 52 |
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Ethnographers confidently point to the Tlingit-speaking population of southeastern Alaska as an important component of the Northwest Coast culture area. They cite these Indians as a maritime oriented group, sharing a common speech and many distinctive culture traits. About fourteen Tlingit tribes have been listed and in part described for the Alaska coast. I should like to discuss three less well-known Tlingit-speaking bands now located in the interior of northern British Columbia and of southern Yukon Territory. These three neighboring groups are: the Tagish band of Carcross at the junction of lakes Bennett and Nares; the Atlin band on the lake of the same name; and the Teslin band with headquarters on Teslin Lake. This is the farthest inland of the lakes mentioned, and it is little more than a hundred miles from the mild, damp Pacific coast with its abundant sea and shore life. |
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The Inland Tlingit |
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The Inland Tlingit |
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ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) ENVELOPE(-134.272,-134.272,60.313,60.313) ENVELOPE(-133.689,-133.689,59.578,59.578) ENVELOPE(-134.704,-134.704,60.166,60.166) ENVELOPE(-132.724,-132.724,60.166,60.166) ENVELOPE(-132.300,-132.300,59.833,59.833) |
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Carcross Tagish Teslin tlingit Alaska Yukon |
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