Tagish
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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Canada (Yukon) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Tagish | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Animism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kaska Dena, Tahltan |
The Tagish or Tagish Khwáan (Tagish: Script error: No such module "Lang".; Template:Langx) are a First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group that lived around Tagish Lake and Marsh Lake, in Yukon of Canada. The Tagish intermarried heavily with Tlingit from the coast and the Tagish language became extinct in 2008. Today Tagish people live mainly in Carcross or Whitehorse and are members of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation or the Kwanlin Dün First Nation.
Members of the Tagish First Nation made the gold discovery that led to the Klondike Gold Rush: Keish (Skookum Jim Mason),[1] Shaaw Tláa (Kate Carmack)[2] and Káa goox (Dawson Charlie).[3]
The word Tagish also refers to the Tagish language, an Athabaskan language spoken by the ancestors of these people.
Tagish means "it (spring ice) is breaking up" and also gave its name to Tagish Lake.
Culture
The Tagish used to historically engage in trading furs, fishing and hunting. The Tagish had close trading contacts with the Tlingit until the late 19th century when the Klondike gold rush disrupted the trading relationship between the two groups.[4]
The Tagish used to practice shamanism or animism. Belief in nature spirits, reincarnation and men and some women having personal spirit guides were widespread. By the early 20th century, most Tagish were Christian.[4]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sturtevant, William C. (1978). Handbook of North American Indians, V. 6, Subarctic. Smithsonian. pp. 481–490. ISBN 978-0-16-004578-3.
External links
- Yukon Native Language Centre Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- Yukon Native Language Centre
- Carcross/Tagish First Nation
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