Artist Bill Holm (30 works)

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Bill Holm is an artist, historian, art critic, and specialist in the ethnicity of the indigenous peoples of the northwest coast of North America.
Indians of North America, Tlingit (Alaska)...

The Tlingits are an Indian tribe of fishermen and hunters, experienced sailors, who in the past inhabited the southeast coast of Alaska and the adjacent islands. The self-name - Tlingit - means "man, people." Number: in 1805 there were only 10,000 men, in 1930 - 4,462 people. Traditional beliefs - magic, totemism, shamanism, animism, which represented an integral complex.
Previously, the main language of the Tlingit people was Tlingit (Na-Dene family), but now most speakers have either switched entirely to English or are bilingual. At the end of the twentieth century. The number of native speakers of the Tlingit language is estimated at 700 people.