Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska - History, Government, Language, and Sources

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Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Tlingit & Haida

Tlingit & Haida is a regional sovereign Tribal government headquartered in Juneau, Alaska, representing Tlingit and Haida citizens. Its public work connects self-government, citizen services, language and cultural priorities, traditional food security, and stewardship across Southeast Alaska and beyond.

Federally recognized regional Tribal government Deep history to the present Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed. Juneau, Alaska
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Homelands, government, and contemporary presence

Historical homelands

Tlingit and Haida homelands include distinct but neighboring lands and waters across Southeast Alaska and the Northwest Coast, extending across contemporary international and state boundaries.

Government

A constitutionally organized Tribal government with a Tribal Assembly, elected delegates, an executive council, judiciary, and programs serving citizens and communities.

Contemporary presence

The government is based in Juneau and represents citizens living in Alaska and elsewhere. It delivers services and advances priorities in culture, language, food security, land recovery, education, housing, economic development, justice, and citizen wellbeing.

Citizens represented More than 38,000 worldwide

This is the government's reported Tribal citizenship figure, not a Census race total.

Official government website reviewed 2026 [S1]
Government type Regional Tribal government

The Central Council conducts federal relations as a tribal government. Representation of citizens does not erase the distinctions between Tlingit and Haida communities.

Present [S1] [S2]
Headquarters Juneau, Alaska

The map point is an administrative location, not a boundary for Tlingit or Haida homelands.

2026 [S1] [S4]
Historischer Verlauf

Eine kurze, quellengestützte Zeitleiste

Diese Meilensteine dienen der Orientierung und sind keine vollständige Geschichte.

  1. Tlingit and Haida homelands

    Distinct Tlingit and Haida societies developed across the islands, waterways, and coastal mainland of the Northwest Coast.

  2. Central Council established

    Federal legislation enabled the Central Council to organize as a regional representative body pursuing land claims and self-government.

  3. Regional Tribal government development

    The Central Council developed from land-claims advocacy into a federally recognized government providing broad services to Tlingit and Haida citizens.

  4. Government and citizen services

    Tlingit & Haida operates governmental, cultural, educational, economic, justice, and family services from Juneau and through partner communities.

Kultur und Sprache

Continuity is contemporary

In diesem Profil genannte Sprachen

  • Lingít Yoo X̱'atángi (Tlingit)
  • X̱aad Kíl / X̱aayda Kil (Haida)
  • English

Sprachfamilie: Tlingit: Na-Dené; Haida: language isolate

Tlingit and Haida cultures are distinct; accurate reporting should name the relevant people, community, clan, and language rather than generalize them.

The constitution places culture, history, language, traditions, customary knowledge, and ancestral wisdom among government priorities.

Traditional foods, relationships with land and water, and access to hunting, fishing, and gathering are contemporary sovereignty and wellbeing issues.

This summary describes only what the cited public sources support. Cultural knowledge can be community-specific, seasonal, restricted, or inappropriate to publish; absence from this page does not mean absence from the Nation.

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Für diese Seite verwendete Quellen

Prefer the Nation's own public materials. Public-institution sources add legal, directory, or historical context where needed.

  1. S1

    Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

    Tlingit & Haida · Official Tribal government · Reviewed 2026

  2. S2

    Constitution of the Central Council

    Tlingit & Haida · Official Tribal law · Current edition reviewed 2026

  3. S3

    Citizen Services

    Tlingit & Haida · Official Tribal government · Reviewed 2026

  4. S4

    Tribal Leaders Directory

    U.S. Indian Affairs · Federal public record · 2026

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