These are some of the questions you might have about the Tlingit: How to pronounce the word Tlingit? What does it mean? Where do the Tlingit live? What roles the men and women and children played? What do Tlingit wear? Food eat ?And what Tlingit use for transportation? Etc… Well I have all the answers to all your questions. The word Tlingit is a bit difficult to pronounce, the word is pronounced TLIN-git or klin-KIT. One of the reasons that the name is so difficult to pronounce is because the tlingits people spoke an Alaskan language .The English pronunciation is Lingit which is translated in the English to mean people. In addition, the Tlingit people live in cedar-plank houses that have bark roofs. These houses were very large and
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The male wore breech cloth and the women wore shredded barks which are short skirts. Some women who face much cooler weather wear deerskin dresses and the men wore Athabaskan style pants with moccasins attached. Despite the cold weather, the Tlingit women prefer to go bare foot, but the men wore snowshoes. In addition, if the Tlingit are attending a special or formal event they would wear more elaborate outfits, with tunics, leggings, and cloaks painted with tribal design. In order to get from one destination to another the Tlingit tribe use dugout canoes to travel up and down sea coast where they catch fish and sea mammals as well as hunt deer, goats, and birds. In addition, the Tlingit tribe use weapon such as bone fishhooks, harpoons, and wooden fish trap to catch fish as well as use spear, war club, and bows when fighting war. Moreover, the fish that they catch they use to create a meal which consisted of Indian potato, berries, greens, and seeds and oil that they press from candlefish to use as a dip. In conclusion, the Tlingit was a very unique tribe who was able to survive and live off the land and maintain a simple lifestyle. The Tribe have also left legacy and many of their traditional lifestyles are being use and/or copy in the modern
The male wore breech cloth and the women wore shredded barks which are short skirts. Some women who face much cooler weather wear deerskin dresses and the men wore Athabaskan style pants with moccasins attached. Despite the cold weather, the Tlingit women prefer to go bare foot, but the men wore snowshoes. In addition, if the Tlingit are attending a special or formal event they would wear more elaborate outfits, with tunics, leggings, and cloaks painted with tribal design. In order to get from one destination to another the Tlingit tribe use dugout canoes to travel up and down sea coast where they catch fish and sea mammals as well as hunt deer, goats, and birds. In addition, the Tlingit tribe use weapon such as bone fishhooks, harpoons, and wooden fish trap to catch fish as well as use spear, war club, and bows when fighting war. Moreover, the fish that they catch they use to create a meal which consisted of Indian potato, berries, greens, and seeds and oil that they press from candlefish to use as a dip. In conclusion, the Tlingit was a very unique tribe who was able to survive and live off the land and maintain a simple lifestyle. The Tribe have also left legacy and many of their traditional lifestyles are being use and/or copy in the modern