Alaska, Hawaiʻi and the US Pacific
Tlingit
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Lands
Coastal Southeast Alaska from Yakutat south to Ketchikan, United States, with citizens living worldwide
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Language
Sealaska Heritage Institute says young people who learned Lingít and other Southeast Alaska languages, once nearly lost to oppression, now teach them with help from fluent Elders.
As of 2026 Source: Sealaska Heritage Institute, SHI's Language Department (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Governance
The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is the tribal government for more than 38,000 Tlingit and Haida citizens worldwide.
As of 2026 Source: Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Lingít is the language of coastal Southeast Alaska from Yakutat south to Ketchikan and is one branch of the Athabascan-Eyak-Tlingit language family.
Source: Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Languages - Tlingit (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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