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Culture summaryessay 1997 • Tollefson, Kenneth D.
Tlingit • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This is a culture summary of the Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska....The cultural foundation of political revitalization among the Tlingitbook chapter 1988 • Tollefson, Kenneth D.
Tlingit • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This is a history of the Tlingit and a study of political participation among contemporary Tlingit Indians. The discussion of Tlingit history covers migrations, settlement pattern, demography, and economic, social, political, and religious organizati...Potlatching and political organization among the Northwest Coast Indiansarticle 1995 • Tollefson, Kenneth D.
Tlingit • North America > Northwest Coast and California
Using a conflict-management model of political analysis Tollefson presents a picture of Tlingit society which differs from other studies of Tlingit societies in significant ways. In this article Tollefson presents data that show that the aggregation ...From localized clans to regional corporationarticle 1978 • Tollefson, Kenneth D.
Tlingit • North America > Northwest Coast and California
In this article Tollefson summarizes three significant events in Tlingit history: the Russian discovery of rich Alaska fur-bearing mammals in 1741; the subsequent sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867; and the formation of the Alaska Native Bro...A structural change in Tlingit potlatchingarticle 1977 • Tollefson, Kenneth D.
Tlingit • North America > Northwest Coast and California
In this article Tollefson analyses changes in Tlingit potlatching due to European and American contacts with the Tlingit. Formerly, potlatches were forums for publicly settling, recording, verifying, and ratifying political matters among autonomous l...Northwest Coast village adaptationsarticle 1982 • Tollefson, Kenneth D.
Tlingit • North America > Northwest Coast and California
In this study Tollefson presents data suggesting that the Tlingit developed an evolutionary series of village patterns as an adaptive response to changing sociopolitical conditions. There were at least four distinct types of villages developed by the...