Gunalchéesh to the crew who did such a great job filming and producing these videos from the conference, and gunalchéesh yeewháan for listening to my presentation! I heard at least one misstatement as I listened back to this-I said "Shtax'héen" instead of "Sheet'ká" at 28:39. I also received a couple pieces of feedback after the presentation that I will mention here: I did not mention creole or mixed-race people in the presentation, but of course I believe that their stories deserve to be told as much as anyone else's, including as part of the history of Russian America, the histories of the different Indigenous nations that those mixed-heritage people still belonged to, and as the history of their own distinct community (whenever that makes sense). I also did not mean to imply by my statements at 17:30 that Lingít Aaní was the only region immediately impacted by American colonization in 1867. I was reminded that there were quite a few other places, such as the Pribilof Islands, where the consequences of the Alaska Purchase were felt by Indigenous peoples right away. Please feel free to reply to my comment here if you have any questions or feedback!

Gunalcheesh i jínéiyee 🙌🏽

heya hoya heya hoya

So well spoken. So well felt Gunalcheesh!

Gunalchéesh yeejíneiyee!

Yak’éi Gunalchéesh ax̱ shátx̱ ḵa léelk’w hás 🙅🏽🙌🏽🤙🏽

Gunalchéesh í yóo x̱’átangí ax̱ káaní hás Gunalchéesh 🙅🏽🤙🏽

Aatlein gunalcheesh for this! Lingit Haa Shaagoon existed long before the invasion of the e colonial powers...Russian, British & American. Inland Tlingit History is part of Tlingit history & can't be forgotten. The Tlingit Nation exists now in 2 countries, America & Canada. Yi gu aa yax'waan ax xoni Lingit! ❤️

Smith Margaret Wilson Michelle Smith Anthony

Jones Nancy Williams Mary Anderson Ruth

Johnson Frank Johnson Susan Young John

Sharing Our Knowledge Clan Conference, amazing content I really liked it

Mary Denny who may not be with us any longer was 93 and spoke the Tongass dialect. It seems to me there was a number of Tongass dialect speakers but no effort going into recording them more of capturing more of their dialect. I know there’s a number of recordings that aren’t out there and in my opinion we Tlingit should have access to those to work on translating them. How many transcribe Tlingit? Where are the other transcribed works? There’s lots out there but how do we access them? How do we learn if we can’t listen to and transcribe or even revive that southern dialect? Gunalchéesh for your presentation and work you’ve done. I know the place names book left out a lot as Tom Thornton stated, a further expanse south around the Naas is littered with Tlingit place names as it was a Tlingit area before we moved away. I’d bet a lot of those names and everything left out of the book would be a great aid in uncovering so much more history not just for the south where things began for us but, our over all history across these lands. Gunalchéesh tléin.

Think you dad for all your knowledge you shared with us all. I miss you everyday. 😢❤

That trailer should be a Netflix documentary series or something

Amazing talks and writing workshop! Gunalchéesh!

a tlein gonaxcheesh ax yeet kingeste...for all your help ., your teachings

Gunalchéesh for sharing your knowledge. Thanks for all your work, researching Yáay. Gunalchéesh.

I would be interested in if you have any more information. I am from Metlakatla/Taquan.

What a wonderful video! I wonder how long they documented.

Thank you!

Ok 👍

Amazing presentation!

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this is THE most random recommend I have ever gotten from KZbin... I think I must have reached the end of all the KZbin videos, _ever_ .... so let me recommend Mike Heiser and all his videos about the Bible bc they are among the most fascinating of my all time favs!

thanks for this

hi sir

He’s just like any other anthropologist.

Why do we still call these "Chilkat blankets" and not what they are? Tsimshian blankets

Gunalchéesh i x'eidax̱, gunalchéesh tléin for your presentation I really enjoyed it. I've researched the conflicts between the US and Tlingit and there's a lot that is hard to find or just not there. I spent some time looking for AAR from the Saginaw or other ships from the time and more details about engagements with Tlingit with not much luck yet. There has to be documentation, be it from the Navy or the sailors and their letters home? About their actual engagements and anything more about destroying Tlingit ships. Destroying all the ships we had is the only reasonable explanation why there are so many of us who haven't got to see a lot of old ones. They don't just disintegrate, but they have disappeared considering places like Áakw, Shtax'héen, or Xunaa all had upwards of 10,000 Tlingit, how many dugouts would have to have been on all our shores, and that's just Tlingit people. There are so few old ones that are accessible online, it would be a wonder to know where they all are, get some back, or find out what the actual F happened to the so many ships we had. If there'reports or documentation about destroying them, that could be grounds to repatriate any that are left around the world, but finding any old Tlingit ship in a collection would be hard, especially if they were destroyed out right which is really the only explanation why there aren't many old ships, said ships would have been key in assembling against the US. The Russians knew by destroying the Suqpiaq large Angyaaq skin boats, they could enslave them and they did. We lost, I would say, because our ships were destroyed before we could assemble. That was a time in US history with so much happening everywhere no one's eyes were here in their part of the world, especially since the presence of news or anything of the sort just wasn't here. Gunalchéesh again

I visited the Kunstkamera in 2017, and unfortunately all the comments Dr. Verplank McClelland made near the end of her presentation were still true (except that the museum was very busy the day I went-I had to spend nearly an hour in line to get in!). I doubt the Russian government will improve anything about the way the museum is operated anytime soon, but I still would strongly recommend that anyone who has the chance to go (whenever it's possible or advisable to visit Russia) should go!

Sne kalyegh 🤲

Regarding Sergei Kan's comments that become audible at 21:52: I can understand why Dr. Kan might feel troubled or even offended by the idea that non-Lingít have "taken" gifted names from Lingít. It was not the choice of those particular non-Lingít individuals to be given names, and of course they could never refuse such a gift. However, I can also fully understand why Lingít would feel resentful of clan names being given to non-Lingít people, especially when they, their children, or their grandchildren have not been given names. I think Kan makes a mistake with his comment that "you can't blame white society" for Lingít families potentially not having a strong relationships with their clans and therefore not receiving names. That is EXACTLY what should be blamed!-or rather, white American cultural institutions and the history of Lingít culture being attacked and marginalized for over a century. I've had a lot of Lingít, Xaadas, and Tsm'syen young people in my classroom over the years, and many if not most of them did not have traditional clan names. That would not be the case if it wasn't for American colonialism, and I think it's entirely natural for families to notice if white people are given names while they, their children, and grandchildren may not have them.

Wow, wonderful presentation Jennifer! I really enjoyed listening to what you had to say! 😁

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Excellent. Thank you!

9:40 weather chant!!! gunalchéesh Matthew

Gunalchéesh for being so thorough in recording this, SOK and KTOO! If anyone watches this and has questions or feedback, they can reply to me here.

I watched this video and was able to make an octopus bag for my daughter's college graduation! Thank so very much for posting this!!!

Planting your family with a seed of knowledge about who we are is one of the most important things that was said here. This man's spirit and the spirits of our elders will continue to live if you do that. Tell your children and grandchildren these stories so that they will be strong in spirit as well.

these videos are so important for the survival of our culture. thank you.

Thank you, this was excellent!

Aatlein Gunałchéesh

Taan ḵa X̱ʼeisʼawáa in English : 31:00 with dialog in Tlingit four pillars of learning at 47:29

Gunałcheesh

is it still possible to get a pattern from you? i would love this so much. thks