Taant'a Kwáan

Taant’a Kwáan, also known as the Tongass people, are Tlingit of the southern Alaskan coast and its island passages. Their communities used fishing places around Tongass Narrows and maintained connections with neighbouring clans. According to local history, around 1800 a Neix.ádi chief gave rights at Ketchikan Creek to his Taant’a brothers-in-law at a mourning potlatch after the death of his wife. Such gatherings made relationships and the transfer of valuable rights public.