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Keeping the Balance: Tlingit hunter fights for shellfish and tradition
a sea otter hunter from the Tlingit Tribe on Prince of Wales Island, in Alaska. “It jeopardizes our ability to practice our culture, to pass down vital knowledge to future generations ...
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Did Tlingit and Haida people eat sea otters during the pre-contact period? An issue of intellectual property and cultural heritage
Some in the environmental community, who view the reintroduction and expansion of sea otters as one step in the restoration of the area’s marine ecosystem, believe that Tlingit should consume the ...
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Sea Otters in Alaska
Frederick Dellenbaugh wrote on June 19 that "some Indians, Tlingit, had come along side in a canoe and all three had come aboard leaving a boy to look after the dugout. One had a fine sea otter ...
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Tlingit Children in Yakutat Tell Oral Histories
The Tlingit people had many songs and dances for ... They hunted mountain goat, seal and sea otter. The Galyix Kagwantan originally spoke Eyak and settled the Kaliakh River after the flood.