{"id":593,"date":"2018-09-11T13:26:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T20:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/?p=593"},"modified":"2018-09-11T14:03:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T21:03:01","slug":"touching-spirit-bear-tlingit-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/2018\/09\/11\/touching-spirit-bear-tlingit-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Touching Spirit Bear: Tlingit Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tlingit (sometimes also known as the \u0141ing\u00edt), meaning \u201cpeople of the tides,\u201d are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, who define themselves as sharing a common cultural heritage<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594\" style=\"width: 742px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-594\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/tlign.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/tlign.png 742w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/tlign-261x300.png 261w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/tlign-552x635.png 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Territory of the Tlingit Peoples.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tlingit territories are located in the Pacific Northwest and cover parts of present-day British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska. While some Tlingit traditionally occupied areas along the coast, others made their homes further inland.<\/p>\n<p>The clans of the Tlingit, for example, include K\u00f9khhitt\u00e0n (Raven), Ishk\u00ect\u00e0n (Frog), Yany\u00e8di (Wolf), D\u00e8shit\u00e0n (Split Tail Beaver) and Dakhl\u2019aw\u00e8di (Eagle)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tlingit Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tlingit art is very beautiful and mostly uses two colours: <strong>Red and Black. <\/strong>These are based on the natural resources found in the area.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Red &#8211; Comes from minerals in the soil<\/li>\n<li>Black &#8211; Comes from coal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-595\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/76244a4b6871868d8ca5b138e43110f5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/76244a4b6871868d8ca5b138e43110f5.jpg 396w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/76244a4b6871868d8ca5b138e43110f5-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tlingit art always begins with a rounded-corner rectangle. This symbols unity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-596\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-596\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/rec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"172\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Examples of rounded rectangles (Ovoids) used<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-597\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/Tlingit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/Tlingit.jpg 915w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/Tlingit-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/Tlingit-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/Tlingit-552x405.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Totem Poles<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest (Tlingit, Nisga&#8217;a, Haida, etc.) to represent and remember ancestry, histories, people, or events.\u00a0 Totem poles are typically created out of red cedar, which is found in the Great Bear Rainforest, and would be set up to be visible within a community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-598\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-598\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/523347579_6b2aa2a832_b-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/523347579_6b2aa2a832_b.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/523347579_6b2aa2a832_b-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/523347579_6b2aa2a832_b-552x736.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tlingit totem pole at Saxman Village, near Ketchikan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most totem poles display beings, or crest animals, marking a family\u2019s lineage and validating the powerful rights and privileges that the family held.\u00a0 Totem poles would not necessarily <em>tell<\/em> a story so much as it would serve to document stories and histories familiar to community members or particular family or clan members.<\/p>\n<p>A totem pole typically features symbolic and stylized human, animal, and supernatural forms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-599\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mrpletsch\/files\/2018\/09\/42183-004-EA9A9A2A.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"433\" 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