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K is for Kushtaka, mystical shape-shifting creatures in the folklore of the Tlingit people.

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2023-10-12

Tlingit Chief Katlian of the Kiksadi clan renowned for his resistance to the Russian Imperial Navy at Sitka

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2023-03-21

Recently learned about Haida/Tlingit wooden armor and that shit is so hardcore

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2023-03-10

finished this Corvus Corax redesign commission for ! they wanted a Corax inspired by the Haida and Tlingit indigenous peoples of North America, and so i did my best to incorporate both while also keeping the crow imagery for the primarch 🤎🧡🖤

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2023-01-06

Star Carr headdresses, Swedish Police armor, and Tlingit wood helmets

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2022-11-25

In the Tlingit vampire legend, a flesh-eating giant is defeated by a brave warrior, who chops up & burns the body. The ashes turn into a cloud of mosquitos, & the man hears the giant's voice declaring, "I'll eat you people until the end of time!"

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2022-10-19

Hi!
I'm Salty/Taan'Kash, very mixed indigenous (karelian, tlingit, and some other nations) digital artist from Russia.

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2022-10-01

Circa 1840-1870 Tlingit shaman (Ixt’) amulet, made of antler decorated with abalone shell. Via NY Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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2022-09-20

The Tlingit & Haida tribes have a creation myth of the orca whale. During a hunting trip, a young warrior, Natsilane, gets thrown overboard by his brothers & left for dead. He survives & carves a whale out of cedar wood, which comes to life & drowns his brothers.

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2022-09-05

Yoooo, thank you for the chance!!🌈
I'm Taan'Kash/ Salty, mixed indigenous (karelian, tlingit, and unknown siberian origin that i researching for) from Russia

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2022-08-24

When your fiancé and his best friend get drunk and drag you to karaoke to do "A Whole New World..."

// Thank you for the beautiful comm !! This piece was created with , my Discord Solo, who is also Tlingit.

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2022-07-06

The Tlingit believe that some otters are actually shape-shifters that look like men. These creatures have an evil purpose - to trap their victims souls and prevent them from reincarnating.These shape-shifting otters are called "Kushtaka" or "Kooshdakhaa."

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2022-05-17

8th piece done. 1 left to do.

A Tlingit warrior requested by

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2022-02-02

Inspired by the lovely artistry of the Tlingit tribe

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2021-11-18

รัฐต่อมา Alaska กับตำนาน The Kushtaka of the Alaskan Triangle

จากรายงานของ LA Times โดยเฉลี่ยแล้ว ผู้คน 5 ใน 1,000 มักหายตัวไปในอลาสก้า ชนเผ่า Tlingit ที่อาศัยอยู่ใน Juneau เชื่อว่ามีวิญญาณชั่วร้ายครึ่งคนครึ่งนากที่เรียกว่า Kushtaka คอยหลอกล่อมนุษย์มาฆ่าและจับขังวิญญาณเอาไว้

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2021-10-31

Armour by stone-age-tech peoples in historical times is crazily unappreciated. From left to right: Kiribati, Huron and Tlingit.

There is no reason Pleistocene humans could not have manufactured similar equipment. Our hominid relatives scarcely stood a chance.

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2021-10-16

This message in Lingít (Tlingit) translates to "I will protect the people I am with" and is brought to you by the Lingít Language Panel with X̱’unei Twitchell, Aandax̱ltín Stephanie Tripp, , and . Learn about the project at https://t.co/SC0NsmdnUF

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2021-09-18

"The idea that 10,000 people will be wearing this... they will be roaring: 'Give us peace, give us compassion, give us love' is incredible." - Kwakwaka'wakw/Tlingit artist Corrine Hunt

Hunt designed a stylized rendition of the logo for the Orange Shirt Game on Sept 24th

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2021-09-17

native americans aztec battle dress and tlingit armor

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2021-09-13

reminder February 16th is Elizabeth Peratovich day, after the woman who got the first united states anti-discrimination law enacted in the country, she was Tlingit and instrumental to the civil rights movements in the decades after the law was passed

she died Dec. 1st 1958

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2021-05-12