THE TLINGIT AND THE TECHNOLOGY AND Potlatches 😏

THE TLINGIT

• The Tlingit also traded their surplus resources with other people's to the north and south and inland along the rivers
• Tlingit villages hugged the waters edge, and their homes faced the sea
• This house meaning both the building and the related families who lived there, was an important part of each clan

TECHNOLOGY AND POTLATCHES

• Because food was plentiful the Tlingit had the time to develop the technology the needed
• The Tlingit used there technology to build dams and traps for catching salmon
• Important events were often celebrated with a potlatch