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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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Some of these names include: Flying Up Moon (Cree)
Corn Moon (Algonquin, Ojibwe)
Harvest Moon (Dakota)
Ricing Moon (Anishinaabe)
Black Cherries Moon (Assiniboine)
Mountain Shadows Moon (Tlingit)
Is there a supermoon in August 2025?
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
In both 2025 and 2026, select voyages will call at Alaska’s newest cruise port: Klawock, where visitors can whale watch, chat with a Tlingit totem pole carver, visit a village craft fair, and sample seafood in a part of Alaska that’s relatively untouched by tourism.
—Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
In Sitka, discover the artistry of Tlingit and Haida totem poles while hiking scenic trails across volcanic landscapes and lush mountain forests.
—AFAR Media, 30 July 2025
The Cree, located primarily in Canada, know it as the molting moon to indicate the time of year when birds are shedding their feathers, while the Tlingit tribe in the Pacific Northwest Coast call it the salmon moon to signify the seasonal salmon migrations.
—Gina Park, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
The Cree peoples called it the Feather Moulting Moon, while the Salmon Moon is a term used by the Tlingit to signify the return of the fish to the area.
—Hannah Poukish
july 8, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2025
Several other names for July's moon also reference animals, including Feather Moulting Moon (Cree) and Salmon Moon, a Tlingit term indicating when fish returned to the area and were ready to be harvested, wrote the almanac.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
In both 2025 and 2026, select voyages will call at Alaska’s newest cruise port: Klawock, where visitors can whale watch, chat with a Tlingit totem pole carver, visit a village craft fair, and sample seafood in a part of Alaska that’s relatively untouched by tourism.
—Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
In Sitka, discover the artistry of Tlingit and Haida totem poles while hiking scenic trails across volcanic landscapes and lush mountain forests.
—AFAR Media, 30 July 2025
The Cree, located primarily in Canada, know it as the molting moon to indicate the time of year when birds are shedding their feathers, while the Tlingit tribe in the Pacific Northwest Coast call it the salmon moon to signify the seasonal salmon migrations.
—Gina Park, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
The Cree peoples called it the Feather Moulting Moon, while the Salmon Moon is a term used by the Tlingit to signify the return of the fish to the area.
—Hannah Poukish
july 8, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2025
Several other names for July's moon also reference animals, including Feather Moulting Moon (Cree) and Salmon Moon, a Tlingit term indicating when fish returned to the area and were ready to be harvested, wrote the almanac.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“Tlingit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tlingit. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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