Our Tlingit people reside in Southeast Alaska and Canada. We have existed in Alaska for about 15,000 years, or approximately 750 family generations. Our Tlingit traditions have been the cornerstone of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hometown: I am Tlingit Indian from Southeast Alaska. I belong to the Dakl'aweidi Clan (killer whale). I was born and raised in ...

Clarence Laiti stood in the cafeteria of Sayéik Gastineau Community School — which was built on a Tlingit burial ground — and reflected on times he’s visited the graves of departed relatives in ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Clarence Laiti stood in the cafeteria of Sayéik Gastineau Community School - which was built on a Tlingit burial ground - and reflected on times he’s visited the graves of ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions grew so dire in the ...

Bob Sam lives up to his name. “My Tlingit name is Shaagunastaa,” Sam said during his Evening at Egan lecture Nov. 16 at the University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan Library. “It doesn’t translate to Bob ...

Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions grew so dire in the following months that ...

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