Editing Tlingit (section)

==Territory==
[[File:Tlingit-map.png|thumb|Tlingit and neighboring peoples]]
The greatest territory historically occupied by the Tlingit extended from the [[Portland Canal]] along the present border between [[Alaska]] and [[British Columbia]], north to the coast just southeast of the [[Copper River (Alaska)|Copper River]] delta in Alaska.<ref>de Laguna, 203-28.</ref> The Tlingit occupied almost all of the [[Alexander Archipelago]], except the southernmost end of [[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]] and its surroundings, where the Kaigani [[Haida people|Haida]] moved just before the first encounters with European explorers.
[[File:Hoonah.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hoonah, Alaska]], a traditional Tlingit village near [[Glacier Bay]], home of the {{Lang|tli|Xúnaa Kháawu}}]]
The Coastal Tlingit tribes controlled one of the mountain passes into the Yukon interior; they were divided into three tribes: the Chilkat Tlingit ({{Lang|tli|Jilḵáat Ḵwáan}}) along the [[Chilkat River]] and on [[Chilkat Peninsula]], the Chilkoot Tlingit ({{Lang|tli|Jilḵoot Ḵwáan}}) and the [[Taku people|Taku Tlingit]] ({{Lang|tli|Tʼaaḵu Ḵwáan:}}) along the [[Taku River]].

Inland, the Tlingit occupied areas along the major rivers that pierce the [[Coast Mountains]] and [[Saint Elias Mountains]] and flow into the [[Pacific]], including the [[Alsek River|Alsek]], [[Tatshenshini River|Tatshenshini]], [[Chilkat River|Chilkat]], [[Taku River|Taku]], and [[Stikine River|Stikine]] rivers. With regular travel up these rivers, the Tlingit developed extensive trade networks with [[Athabascan]] tribes of the interior, and commonly intermarried with them. From this regular travel and trade, a few relatively large populations of Tlingit settled around [[Atlin Lake|Atlin]], [[Teslin Lake|Teslin]], and [[Tagish Lake]]s, whose headwaters flow from areas near the headwaters of the Taku River.

Delineating the current territory of the Tlingit is complicated because they live in both Canada and the United States, they lack designated reservations, other complex legal and political concerns make the situation confusing, and their population is highly mobile. They also share territory with [[Athabascan|Athabascan peoples]] such as the [[Tahltan]], [[Kaska]], and [[Tagish]]. In Canada, the Interior Tlingit communities, such as [[Atlin, British Columbia]] (Taku River Tlingit),<ref>[http://www.trtfn.com/ Taku River Tlingit]</ref> [[Teslin, Yukon]] ([[Teslin Tlingit Council]]), and [[Carcross, Yukon]] ([[Carcross/Tagish First Nation]]) have [[Indian reserve|reserves]].<ref name=lingit/>

Tlingits in Alaska lack Indian reservations because the [[Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act]] (ANCSA) established regional corporations throughout Alaska with complex portfolios of land ownership rather than bounded reservations administered by Tribal Governments. The corporation in the Tlingit region is [[Sealaska Corporation]], which serves the Tlingit, [[Haida people|Haida]], and [[Tsimshian]] in Alaska.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sealaska.com/page/home|title=Sealaska Corporation|website=sealaska.com}}</ref>

Tlingit people participate in the commercial economy of Alaska, and typically live in privately owned housing and land. Many also possess land allotments from Sealaska or from earlier distributions predating ANCSA. Their current residences are within their historical homelands. Land around [[Yakutat, Alaska|Yakutat]], south through the [[Alaskan Panhandle]], to the lakes in interior Yukon, as being {{Lang|tli|Lingít Aaní}}, the Land of the Tlingit.

The extant Tlingit territory can be roughly divided into four major sections, paralleling ecological, linguistic, and cultural divisions:
* Southern Tlingit, south of [[Frederick Sound]], who live in the northernmost reaches of the [[Western Red cedar]] forest.
* Northern Tlingit, north of Frederick Sound to Cape Spencer, [[Glacier Bay]], and [[Lynn Canal]]; they occupy the warmest and richest of the [[Sitka Spruce]] and [[Western Hemlock]] forests. 
* Inland Tlingit along large interior lakes, the Taku River drainage, and southern [[Yukon]], whose share a subsistence lifeway similar to Athabascans in the mixed [[spruce]] [[taiga]]. 
* Gulf Coast Tlingit, who live along a narrow strip of coastline backed by steep mountains and extensive glaciers north of Cape Spencer and along the coast of the [[Gulf of Alaska]] to [[Controller Bay]] and [[Kayak Island]]. Pacific storms hit their territory.

These categories reflect differences in cultures, food harvesting, and dialects. Tlingit groups trade among themselves with neighboring communities. These academic classifications are supported by similar self-identification among the Tlingit.

===Tribes or {{Lang|tli|ḵwáans}}===
{| class="wikitable" width="85%"
|- bicolor="#FFFFFF"
! Tlingit tribe
! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
! Translation
! Village or Community location
! [[Anglicisation|Anglicized]], archaic variants or adaptations
|- bicolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|G̱alyáx̱ Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|qaɬjáχ qʰʷáːn}}
| Salmon Stream Tribe
| Yakataga-Controller Bay area
| Kaliakh
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli| Xunaa Ḵáawu}}
| {{IPA|χʊnaː kʰáːwʊ}}
| Tribe or People from the Direction of the North Wind
| [[Hoonah, Alaska|Hoonah]]
| [[Hoonah people]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|S'awdáan Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|sʼawdáːn qʰʷáːn}}
| From {{Lang|tli|S'oow}} ('jade') {{Lang|tli|daa}} (around), {{Lang|tli|aan}} (land/country/village) because the bay is the color of jade all around
| Sedum
| Sumdum
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Tʼaḵjik.aan Ḵwáan:}}
| {{IPA|tʼaqtʃikʔaːn qʰʷáːn}}
| Coast Town Tribe
| northern [[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]]
| Tuxekan
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Laax̱aayík Kwáan:}}
| {{IPA|ɬaːχaːjík qʰʷáːn}}
| Inside the Glacier People
| [[Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska|Yakutat area]]
| Yakutat
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Tʼaaḵu Ḵwáan:}}
| {{IPA|tʼaːqʰu qʰʷáːn}}
| Geese Flood Upriver Tribe
| [[Taku, British Columbia|Taku]]
| Taku Tlingit, [[Taku people]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Xutsnoowú}} (a.k.a. {{Lang|tli|Xudzidaa}}) {{Lang|tli|Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|xutsnuːwú qʰʷáːn}}
| Brown Bear Fort a.k.a. Burnt Wood Tribe
| [[Angoon, Alaska|Angoon]]
| [[Hootchenoo people]], Hoochenoo, Kootznahoo
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Hinyaa Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|hinjaː qʰʷáːn}}
| Tribe From Across The Water
| [[Klawock, Alaska|Klawock]]
| Henya, Hanega
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|G̱unaax̱oo Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|qunaːχuː qʰʷáːn}}
| Among The Athabascans Tribe
| Dry Bay
| [[Gunahoo people]], Dry Bay people
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Deisleen Ḵwáan:}}
| {{IPA|tesɬiːn qʰʷáːn}}
| Big Sinew Tribe
| [[Teslin, Yukon|Teslin]]
| [[Teslin Tlingit Council|Teslin Tlingit]], [[Teslin people]], Inland Tlinkit
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Shee Tʼiká}} (a.k.a. {{Lang|tli|Sheetʼká}}) {{Lang|tli|Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|ʃiːtʼkʰá qʰʷáːn}}
| Outside Edge of a Branch Tribe
| [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]]
| Sitka, Shee Atika
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|ʃtaxʼhíːn qʰʷáːn}}
| Bitter Water Tribe
| [[Wrangell, Alaska|Wrangell]]
| [[Stikine people]], Stikine Tlingit
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Séet Ká Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|séːtʰ kʰʌ́ qʰʷáːn}}
| People of the Fast Moving Water
| [[Petersburg, Alaska|Petersburg]]
| Séet Ká Ḵwáan
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Jilḵáat Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|tʃiɬqʰáːt qʰʷáːn}}
| From {{Lang|tli|Chaal}} ('food cache') {{Lang|tli|xhaat}} ('salmon') {{Lang|tli|khwaan}} ('dwellers'): Salmon Cache Tribe
| [[Klukwan, Alaska|Klukwan]]
| [[Chilkat people]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Áa Tlein Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|ʔáː tɬʰeːn qʰʷáːn}}
| Big Lake Tribe
| [[Atlin, British Columbia|Atlin]]
| [[Taku River Tlingit]], Inland Tlinkit
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Ḵéex̱ʼ Kwáan}}
| {{IPA|qʰíːχʼ qʰʷáːn}}
| Dawn Tribe 
| [[Kake, Alaska|Kake]]
| [[Kake people]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Taantʼa Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|tʰaːntʼa qʰʷáːn}}
| Sea Lion Tribe
| [[Fort Tongass]] (formerly) & [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]] (today)
| [[Tongass people]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Jilḵoot Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|tʃiɬqʰuːt qʰʷáːn}}
| Chilkoot Tribe
| [[Haines, Alaska|Haines]]
| [[Chilkoot people]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Áakʼw Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|ʔáːkʷʼ qʰʷáːn}}
| Small Lake Tribe
| [[Auke Bay, Alaska|Auke Bay]]
| [[Auke people]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Kooyu Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|kʰuːju qʰʷáːn}}
| Stomach Tribe
| [[Kuiu Island]]
| [[Kuiu people]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{Lang|tli|Saanyaa Ḵwáan}}
| {{IPA|saːnjaː qʰʷáːn}}
| Southward Tribe
| [[Cape Fox Village]] (formerly) & [[Saxman, Alaska|Saxman]] (today)
| [[Saanya Kwaan]], owns Saxman Corporation, which owns Cape Fox Corporation
|}