Tlingit

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Tlingit

• By Adison, Matthew, and Ben
• Also Native American name Strong Life, Swift
  Shooter,and Swift Eaglet

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Contents

• Interesting facts
• Arts and crafts
• Shelter
• Food
• Environment
• Currency
• Tools and weapons
• Did you know this?
• Other information
• Recourses

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Interesting facts

• The Tlingits real name was Lingit. Many Tlingit
  kids drink 7-up soda. In the Tlingit past, ravens
  married eagles. In the Tlingit tribes ravens had
  to marry eagles.

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Arts and crafts

• One of the Tlingit jobs is carving and painting
  totems. For centuries outsiders are impressed by
  the woodwork skill and fine art of the Tlingit
  for there totem poles, masks, and the magnificent
  weaving. The houses that the Tlingits make are
  narrow and long.

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Shelter

• If you think Tlingits live in teepees you are
  wrong. The Tlingits make houses by the sea
  usually. The Tlingits make there houses out of
  cedar wood.

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Food
The Tlingits eat fish such as salmon. They
usually dont hunt bear because the Tlingit
people think bears are there closest related to
humans. Most Tlingits hunt rabbits and
sometimes bears. They also pick berries and hunt
sea animals.
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Environment
Tlingits live In southeast Alaska and northwest
Canada. They live in the mountains and by the
sea. That is because there ancestors lived
there.
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Currency
They make money by trading with others. They also
use shells and beads for treasure. They think
that beads are more precious than gold. Tlingits
make bracelets and necklaces with the beads and
seashells. The Tlingits rarely trade seashells
and beads, they only trade them for valuable
stuff.
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Tools and Weapons

• Tlingits have bows and arrows for weapons.
• They also use spears for weapons.
• They sometimes have canoes, adze, stone mauls,
  blankets, awl, whorl, mats, salmon tongs,
  spindles, mat needles, and eating and cooking
  materials.

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Did you know this?

• The Tlingit language is called Athabascan.
• A kwan is a tribe or a group of people.
• Tlingits play baseball with each other.
• The Tlingits get everything they need from the
  sea or land.
• A potlatch is a party and the host gives out
  presents.

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Other information

• Canoes are not all the same because some are
  fishing canoes and some are war.
• Do you know that Tlingits dont just hunt animals
  for there meat but also for there fur.

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Resources

• -Tlingit.com
• -http//alaskan.com/docs/Tlingit history.Html
• -The Tlingit By R.B
• -Tlingit Indians By Suzane Morgan

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THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Thank you for taking the time to read our
  power point. We hope you enjoyed it.

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