What Is The Tlingit Tribe

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Mile’s CEPA Project (Tlingit Tribe) My project was a totem pole from the tribes of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States; specifically the Tlingit. It took me 2-3 hours to make it. (I also got some help from my mom too). All of the materials came from my mom, too. There are three animals on my totem pole. They are a bear, wolf, and eagle. The bear represents strength and courage, as these were two things needed to live the hard life of a Native American. The wolf represents cleverness and intelligence, because as everyone knows‒knowledge is power. It also represents the night sky and the stars. The final animal, the eagle, represents the sun, which is essential for life.
The artifact connects with my tribe (the Tlingit) because

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