Definitions of Tlingit
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a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaskatype of:American Indian, Red Indiana dated term referring to the Indigenous people of North, Central, and South America
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the Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingittype of:Na-Denea family of North American Indian languages
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