Tlingit

The Tlingit were Indigenous peoples of southeastern Alaska and the Alexander Archipelago, organized in matrilineal clans. Coastal groups controlled mountain passes and traded with communities in the Yukon interior.

In 1802 Tlingit warriors destroyed the Russian trading post on Baranof Island. Two years later, the Kiks.ádi clan fought Russian-American Company forces and the Russian navy at the Battle of Sitka, before leaving their fortified position.