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plural Tlingit or Tlingits
: a member of a group of First Nations peoples of the islands and coast of southern Alaska
2
: the language of the Tlingit peoples
Tlingit
adjective
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Alternate names for the August full moon include flying up moon to the Cree, harvest moon to the Dakota, ricing moon to the Anishinaabe, the mountain shadows moon to the Tlingit, and the black cherries moon to the Assiniboine.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024
At the Cleveland Museum in Ohio, a case displaying artifacts from the Tlingit people in Alaska has been reopened after their leadership gave consent, according to Todd Mesek, the museum’s spokesperson.
—Philip Marcelo, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2024
In Southeast Alaska, the Tlingit people throw salmon bones back to their home river as a gesture of reciprocity, in the hopes that the salmon will come back.
—Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024
Alternate names for the July full moon include feather moulting moon to the Cree, salmon moon to the Tlingit, berry moon to the Anishinaabe and month of the ripe corn moon to the Cherokee.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2024
The Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest called it the Salmon Moon, indicating that the staple fish had returned to the region.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 19 July 2024
For more than 10,000 years, the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian have lived in the region; this nonprofit focuses on preserving their cultures, languages and art through events, lectures, festivals and artifacts.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 25 Mar. 2024
The Post’s story on the Tlingit efforts prompted interest from Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both Republicans, and Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat and chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Indian Affairs.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 10 June 2024
Inside the institute, treasures abound, including clan regalia, a massive house-front painted and carved by Tsimshian artist David A. Boxley, and the world's largest glass house screen by Tlingit artist Preston Singletary.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 25 Mar. 2024
Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024
At the Cleveland Museum in Ohio, a case displaying artifacts from the Tlingit people in Alaska has been reopened after their leadership gave consent, according to Todd Mesek, the museum’s spokesperson.
—Philip Marcelo, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2024
In Southeast Alaska, the Tlingit people throw salmon bones back to their home river as a gesture of reciprocity, in the hopes that the salmon will come back.
—Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024
Alternate names for the July full moon include feather moulting moon to the Cree, salmon moon to the Tlingit, berry moon to the Anishinaabe and month of the ripe corn moon to the Cherokee.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2024
The Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest called it the Salmon Moon, indicating that the staple fish had returned to the region.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 19 July 2024
For more than 10,000 years, the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian have lived in the region; this nonprofit focuses on preserving their cultures, languages and art through events, lectures, festivals and artifacts.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 25 Mar. 2024
The Post’s story on the Tlingit efforts prompted interest from Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both Republicans, and Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat and chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Indian Affairs.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 10 June 2024
Inside the institute, treasures abound, including clan regalia, a massive house-front painted and carved by Tsimshian artist David A. Boxley, and the world's largest glass house screen by Tlingit artist Preston Singletary.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Tlingit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tlingit. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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