The Tlingit's: Native American Culture

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“ The Tlingit’s are known as Kolosh and are a Native American people that belong to the Southeastern coast and costal islands of Alaska ( History of the Tlingit Indians).” The Tlingit’s have many different religions, but the one they are very close to is the Haida religion. They have lived in 3 different groups including Yell or Raven, Goch or Wolf, and Nehadi or Eagle and had 18 different families which had the names of wolf, bear, eagle, whale, shark, porpoise, puffin, orca, goose, beaver, owl, sea-lion, salmon, orca-bear; raven, frog, dogfish, and crow. Along with the 3 different groups at least each group had about over 20 clans! The people got into those groups depending on their wealth, character, and ancestors of their members. The

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