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Tlingit · tlingit · tee-hit-ton · Lingít · Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes · LingitTlingit
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- Region
- Alaska
In the record
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise involving Tlingit: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (1971): extinguishment of aboriginal title by statute. One court case turned on its rights: Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
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Self-names
- LingítLingít
Peoples within this name
Who is doing the work
Working with these nations
- Spruce Root (Seacoast Trust / Sustainable Southeast Partnership) Native-led Indigenous-led conservation funding: Indigenous Guardians, community forest partnerships, food sovereignty in… Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
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Connections
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Named in 2
Includes 1
Organizations that work with this nation 1
Sources
- sealaskaheritage.org/shi-to-sponsor-lecture-on-status-of-lingit-by-tlingit-language-profesunclassified
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture this Thursday on the status of Lingít by a Tlingit language professor
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes
Research notes
Tee-Hit-Ton case row. ALASKA: distinct legal context.
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- Distinct legal context