 Tlingit Indians of Southeastern Alaska
APPENDIX B: A Sample Winter Clan House
The following diagram and list represent a hypothetical Tlingit
clan house and its membership. It does not refer to any actual clan or house
group; it is merely an example of what a "typical" or possible pre-contact
household might have looked like. Members of the clan are designated by underlining.
The arrangement on the page corresponds to the living arrangement in the clan
house. Thus, "Ego" is the headman of the household, so he lives in
the separate compartment at the back of the house. His younger brothers are
next in line and in status, so their families' sleeping areas are next to his
and so forth. Ego would be fairly elderly in this household. Sister's daughter's
sons are young boys currently being trained by their uncle for adult life.
A SAMPLE WINTER TLINGIT CLAN HOUSE
(BACK OF HOUSE)
"EGO", the headman of this clan, his wife, their small
children
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Younger brother, wife, small children & daughters
|
Younger brother, wife, small children |
Daughter and her young husband
(men lived with their wives' fathers' houses when they were first married) |
Sister's son, wife, small children |
| Sister's son, wife and small children and daughters |
Sister's daughters' sons |
| Mother's sister's daughter's son, wife, and small
children |
Mother's sister's son, wife, small children,
and daughters |
Servants or slaves (not related to Ego; probably
captured in an ambush on another village)
(FRONT OF HOUSE)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MATERIALS LIST & GOALS
SECTION 1: Tlingit
Country
SECTION 2:
Clans
SECTION 3: Summer
Camp
SECTION 4: Tlingit
Economy: Surplus
SECTION 5: Wrap
Up
APPENDIX A: Brief
Description of Tlingit Culture
APPENDIX B: A Sample
Winter Clan House
APPENDIX C: Northwest
Coast Materials in ASD AVS Center
APPENDIX D: Juvenile
Literature on Northwest Coast Cultures
APPENDIX E: Art
Bibliography
APPENDIX F: Northwest
Coast Cultures Bibliography
APPENDIX G: Schools
Which Own Northwest Coast Study Prints
APPENDIX H: Raven
Stories (reprints)
APPENDIX I: Recorded
Versions of Clan Crest Stories
APPENDIX J: Some
Northwest Coast Art Activities
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