A disappointing update for many Alaska Native families who rely on traditional foods: Tlingit & Haida has announced that community food distributions of herring roe and salmon are on hold for 2025.

Hoonah Head Start students try herring eggs. (Courtesy of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska) Springtime is herring egg season in Southeast Alaska. Usually that ...

like the corner posts of a Tlingit longhouse or the interior screen that would have designated the chief’s quarters. It all tells the story of Raven infiltrating the human world, orchestrating a ...

Ketchikan Indian Community’s Tlingit Language Team gave an hour-long presentation at the Tongass Historical Museum on Thursday during the first Museum Midday event of the season. Yakdushí Lisa ...

The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) hired Ethan Petticrew as the Senior Director of Early Education. This new position follows the announcement in ...

Whether I chose it or it chose me, this is it.” Hometown: I am Tlingit Indian from Southeast Alaska. I belong to the Dakl'aweidi Clan (killer whale). I was born and raised in Juneau, AK.

Tlingit leaders asked Johnson to accompany ... to tribal members — is supposed to stand in front of his clan’s longhouse. “To us, these are our uncles, our fathers,” Callahan said.

A veteran of several Alaska Native organizations is taking charge of money management for the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. The tribe’s management and administrative ...

Our Tlingit people reside in Southeast Alaska and Canada. We have existed in Alaska for about 15,000 years, or approximately 750 family generations. Our Tlingit traditions have been the ...

JUNEAU, AK – The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) is pleased to announce it has purchased the Alaska Seafood Company.

A long house pavilion now stands at the southern end of Tlingit Park, marking completion of the first phase of a project that was delayed about nine months due to supply chain issues. Construction ...

Tlingit stories say the Kóoshdaa Káa is a shapeshifting otter-like creature that lures people into the wilderness, sometimes tricking them to their deaths. Many Tlingit, whose people have lived in ...