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social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > cultural/social anthropology > Tlingit
social science subjects > sociology > race, ethnicity and migration > racial, ethnic, and nationality groups > Tlingit

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Tlingit  

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  • The Tlingit are a people who are part of the Na-Dene phyla, and reside in the southeast Alaska panhandle and inland Canada. They are a matriarchal society, receiving their lineage of crests from their mothers' clans. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Tlingit]

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