Tlingit
Tlingit tribe IPA Translation Village or Community location Anglicized , archaic variants or adaptations
G̱alyáx̱ Ḵwáan qaɬjáχ qʰʷáːn Salmon Stream Tribe Yakataga-Controller Bay area Kaliakh
Xunaa Ḵáawu xunaː Tribe or People from the Direction of the North Wind Hoonah Hoonah people
S'awdáan Ḵwáan sʼawdáːn qʰʷáːn From S'oow ( jade ) daa ( around ) , aan ( land/country/village ) because the bay is the color of jade all around Sumdum Sumdum
Tʼaḵjik.aan Ḵwáan : tʼaqtʃikʔaːn qʰʷáːn Coast Town Tribe northern Prince of Wales Island Tuxekan
Laax̱aayík Kwáan : ɬaːχaːjík qʰʷáːn Inside the Glacier People Yakutat area Yakutat
Tʼaaḵu Ḵwáan : tʼaːqʰu qʰʷáːn Geese Flood Upriver Tribe Taku Taku Tlingit , Taku people
Xutsnoowú ( a.k.a . Xudzidaa ) Ḵwáan xutsnuːwú qʰʷáːn Brown Bear Fort a.k.a . Burnt Wood Tribe Angoon Hootchenoo people , Hoochenoo , Kootznahoo
Hinyaa Ḵwáan hinjaː qʰʷáːn Tribe From Across The Water Klawock Henya
G̱unaax̱oo Ḵwáan qunaːχuː qʰʷáːn Among The Athabascans Tribe Dry Bay Gunahoo people , Dry Bay people
Deisleen Ḵwáan : tesɬiːn qʰʷáːn Big Sinew Tribe Teslin Teslin Tlingit , Teslin people , Inland Tlinkit
Shee Tʼiká ( a.k.a . Sheetʼká ) Ḵwáan ʃiː tʼikʰá qʰʷáːn Outside Edge of a Branch Tribe Sitka Sitka , Shee Atika
Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan ʃtaxʼhíːn qʰʷáːn Bitter Water Tribe Wrangell Stikine people , Stikine Tlingit
Jilḵáat Ḵwáan tʃiɬqʰáːt qʰʷáːn From Chaal ( food cache ) xhaat ( salmon ) khwaan ( dwellers ) : Salmon Cache Tribe Klukwan Chilkat people
Áa Tlein Ḵwáan ʔáː tɬʰeːn qʰʷáːn Big Lake Tribe Atlin Taku River Tlingit , Inland Tlinkit
Ḵéex̱ʼ Kwáan qʰíːχʼ qʰʷáːn The Opening of the Day ( Dawn ) Tribe a.k.a . The Town That Never Sleeps Kake Kake people
Taantʼa Ḵwáan tʰaːntʼa qʰʷáːn Sea Lion Tribe Fort Tongass ( formerly ) & Ketchikan ( today ) Tongass people
Jilḵoot Ḵwáan tʃiɬqʰuːt qʰʷáːn Chilkoot Tribe Haines Chilkoot people
Áakʼw Ḵwáan ʔáːkʼʷ qʰʷáːn Small Lake Tribe Auke Bay Auke people
Kooyu Ḵwáan kʰuːju qʰʷáːn Stomach Tribe Kuiu Island Kuiu people
Saanyaa Ḵwáan saːnjaː qʰʷáːn Southward Tribe Cape Fox Village ( formerly ) & Saxman ( today ) Saanya Kwaan , owns Saxman Corporation , which owns Cape Fox Corporation
Territory -- Tribes or ḵwáans
The Tlingit ( or ; also spelled Tlinkit) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is the Tlingit language (natively , pronounced ), in which the name means People of the Tides. The Russian name ' (, from a Sugpiaq-Alutiiq term ' for the labret worn by women) or the related German name may be encountered referring to the people in older historical literature, such as Shelikhov's 1796 map of Russian America. The Tlingit have a matrilineal kinship system, with children considered born into the mother's clan, and property and hereditary roles passing through the mother's line. Their culture and society developed in the temperate rainforest of the southeast Alaska coast and the Alexander Archipelago. The Tlingit maintained a complex hunter-gatherer culture based on semi-sedentary management of fisheries. An inland group, known as the Inland Tlingit, inhabits the far northwestern part of the province of British Columbia and the southern Yukon Territory in Canada.