Tlingit

=The Tlingit: A Perspective on American History= by Nakiya Lundy, Megan Johnson, James Johnnie, and Michael Sharclane



The Tlingit are a Native American group. Pre-1492 and now, they live in a region called southeast Alaska, which is near Canada. Geographical features that would have limited this group’s ability to move include:North Pacific Ocean. Before 1492, this group probably interacted with its neighbors, especially the Tsimshian, Haida, and Athabaskan. Eventually, the Tlingit would shape American history in the following ways: by contributing Native art, by fighting for Native rights (Elizabeth Peratrovich), and by helping shape ANCSA in the 1970s.
 * Introduction:**

Tlingit people believe that humans, animals, and plants are all equally important and need to be respected. They believed in a creator who controlled the sun, the moon, and stars. Raven was the trickster, and hero, who `gave light to the world. The shaman has special healing powers. Animals have special stories, used to identify moeities.
 * Religion**

The population of the Tlingit today is 16,771. The Tlingit population at time of contact by Europeans is estimated to have been 15,000.
 * Population in the United States:**

The Tlingit lived traditionally. They lived off the land and beliefs. 11,000 years ago they came to South East Alaska.They travled by canoes. Harvested food like picking berries, fishing, hunted what big game they could find. Proper use of songs, crests, names, designs, and stories has been very important to the Tlingit people.
 * HISTORY:**


 * 1492:** **Columbus’ Arrival in the Americas**


 * 1776-1787: American Revolution; U.S. Constitution**


 * 1802: Tlingit Battle the Russians at Sitka

1839: The Amistad; the Trail of Tears

1850: Fugitive Slave Law Made

1863: The U.S. Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation

1890: Westward Movement; Reform Movements

2009: Today

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