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Tlingit Indian Bands,
Gens and Clans
Many tribes have sub-tribes, bands, gens,
clans and phratry. Often very little
information is known or they no longer
exist. We have included them here to
provide more information about the tribes.
Chak (eagle). A name given by the northern Tlingit to one of the two
phratries into which they are divided.
Chukanedi (bush or grass people) . A clan among the
Huna division of the Tlingit, belonging to the Wolf phratry. Anciently they are
said to have stood low in the social scale. Their principal emblem was the
porpoise.
Daktlawedi. A Tlingit clan belonging to the Wolf
phratry. It is found at Tongas, Killisnoo, and among the Chilkat, while the
Tsaguedi of Kake is a branch.
Deshuhittan (people of the house at the end of the
road). A Tlingit clan at Killisnoo, Alaska, belonging to the Raven phratry.
Formerly they lived at Angun.
Ganahadi (people of Ganak,' an island somewhere near
the s. end of Alaska). A Tlingit division which is said to have moved from below
the present town of Port Simpson, Brit. Col., and to have separated into several
branches, of which one settled at Tongas, another at Taku, a third at Chilkat, a
fourth at Yakutat, and, according to one informant, a fifth at Klawak. (J. R.
S.)
Goch (wolf ). The name given by the southern Tlingit to
one of the two sides or phratries into which the Tlingit are divided. The
northern Tlingit call this phratry Chak, q. v.
Hehlkoan ('people of Foam) A Tlingit division at Wrangell, Alaska, belonging
to the Wolf clan. They are named from a place called Foam (Xēł),
close to Loring, where they lived before joining the Stikine.
Hlkoayedi (Łqo′ayedi).
A Tlingit division at Klawak, Alaska, said to be part of the Shunkukedi, q. v.
(J. R. S.)
Hokedi (Xōq!e′dî,
'people of Xōq!') . A Tlingit clan at
Wrangell, Alaska, belonging to the Wolf phratry. They are named from a place (Xōq!)
opposite Old Wrangell.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
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