Raven and Eagle. They all had their own crests and each clan had houses under it. The northernmost clan, the Beaver Clan, owned from Katalla to Icy Bay. The Beaver Clan's Tlingit name is Galyax ...

Descent is matrilineal -- meaning that children belong to their mother's moiety, clan and house. The Tlingit were formerly ranked into classes or a hierarchy ranging from those who were considered ...

he walked through the Tlingit village and said his goodbyes. It is these steps that will be retraced on Saturday. “We’ll stop at all of the locations where the clan houses were,” Reese said.