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Tlingit people

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    Martin Sensmeier

    American actor (born 1985)
    Martin Sensmeier
    Overview: Martin Sensmeier (born June 27, 1985) (Tlingit/Koyukon-Athabascan) is an American actor and model. Of Alaska Native and European-American descent, he is known for playing various Native American roles ...
    Date of birth: 27 June 1985
    Age: 39
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
    Partner: Kahara Hodges (Dating)
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    Elizabeth Peratrovich

    Civil rights activist
    Elizabeth Peratrovich
    Overview: Elizabeth Peratrovich (née Elizabeth Jean Wanamaker, Tlingit: Ḵaax̲gal.aat July 4, 1911 – December 1, 1958) was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood ...
    Date of birth: 4 July 1911
    Date of death: 1 December 1958
    Age: 47 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    Walter Soboleff

    First Native Alaskan to become an ordained Presbyterian minister
    Overview: Walter Alexander Soboleff (November 14, 1908 – May 22, 2011) was a Tlingit scholar, elder and religious leader. Soboleff was the first Native Alaskan to become an ordained Presbyterian minister.
    Date of birth: 14 November 1908
    Date of death: 22 May 2011
    Age: 102 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    James Schoppert

    American artist
    Overview: Robert James "Jim" Schoppert (May 28, 1947 – September 2, 1992) was an Tlingit Alaska Native artist and educator. His work includes woodcarving, painting, poetry, and essays. He has been described as an ...
    Date of birth: 28 May 1947
    Date of death: 2 September 1992
    Age: 45 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Artist
    Gender: Male
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    Bill Thomas (Alaska politician)

    American politician
    Overview: William A. "Bill" Thomas Jr. (born June 1, 1947) is a businessman, commercial fisherman, and politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Thomas served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Repr ...
    Date of birth: 1 June 1947
    Age: 77
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Politician
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    Todd Gloria

    American politician
    Todd Gloria
    Overview: Todd Rex Gloria is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly. Gloria is a Democrat and represents the 78th Assembly District, which encompasses much of San Diego. He is ...
    Date of birth: 10 May 1978
    Age: 46
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Politician
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    Byron Mallott

    American politician
    Byron Mallott
    Overview: Byron Ivar Mallott (April 6, 1943 – May 8, 2020) was an American politician, elder, tribal activist and business executive from the state of Alaska. Mallott is an Alaska Native leader of Tlingit heritage ...
    Date of birth: 6 April 1943
    Date of death: 8 May 2020
    Age: 77 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Politician
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    Diane E. Benson

    American politician
    Overview: Diane E. Benson (born May 10, 1954) is an Alaskan politician, inspirational speaker, video production consultant, published writer and dramatist. On August 24, 2010, she became the Democratic nominee ...
    Date of birth: 10 May 1954
    Age: 70
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
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    Dawson Charlie

    Canadian First Nation gold prospector (c. 1865–1908)
    Dawson Charlie
    Overview: Dawson Charlie or K̲áa Goox̱ [qʰáː kuːχ] (ca. 1865 – 26 December 1908) was a Canadian Tagish/Tlingit First Nation person and one of the co-discoverers of gold at Discovery Claim that led to the K ...
    Date of death: 1908
    Nationality: Canadian
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    Dino Rossi

    Italian-American businessman and political candidate
    Dino Rossi
    Overview: Dino John Rossi (born October 15, 1959) is an American businessman and politician who served as a member of the Washington State Senate. He is a former Chair of the Washington State Special Olympics.
    Date of birth: 15 October 1959
    Age: 65
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Politician
    Gender: Male
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    Vicki Lee Soboleff

    Haida artist and dancer
    Vicki Lee Soboleff
    Overview: Vicki Lee Soboleff (born 1962) is a Haida and Tlingit artist, dancer, and teacher who specializes in Haida basketry. She was awarded the Margaret Nick Cooke Award in 2016 from the Alaska State Council ...
    Date of birth: 1962
    Age: 62
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    Overview: Ellen Hope Hays (December 29, 1927 - October 8, 2013) was the first Alaska Native woman to be appointed superintendent of a national park (Sitka National Historical Park). During her 16-year career with ...
    Date of birth: 29 December 1927
    Date of death: 8 October 2013
    Age: 85 (age at death)
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    Michaela Goade

    American illustrator
    Overview: Michaela Goade is an American illustrator. She won the 2021 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations in the book We Are Water Protectors written by Carole Lindstrom. She is the first Native American to win ...
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Artist
    Gender: Female
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    Diyet van Lieshout

    Canadian singer-songwriter
    Overview: Diyet van Lieshout is a Canadian singer-songwriter from the Yukon, who has recorded and performed both as a solo artist and with the band Diyet and the Love Soldiers. She is most noted as a Canadian Folk ...
    Occupation: Singer
    Gender: Female
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    Overview: Lani Hotch, also known as Saantaas', Sekwooneitl and Xhaatooch, is a Native American artist of Tlingit ancestry known for being a contemporary Chilkat weaver who uses Ravenstail weaving in her works.
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    Florence Shotridge

    Tlingit ethnographer, museum educator, curator, and weaver
    Florence Shotridge
    Overview: Florence Scundoo Shotridge (1882–1917) was a Native Alaskan Tlingit ethnographer, museum educator, and weaver. From 1911 to 1917, she worked for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and ...
    Date of birth: 1882
    Date of death: 1917
    Age: 34 (age at death)
    Occupation: Anthropologist
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    Bill K. Williams

    American Tlingit politician and businessman (1943–2019)
    Overview: William K. Williams (May 21, 1943 – May 12, 2019) was an American Tlingit politician and businessman.
    Date of birth: 21 May 1943
    Date of death: 12 May 2019
    Age: 75 (age at death)
    Occupation: Politician
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    Clarissa Rizal

    Native American artist
    Overview: Clarissa Rizal was a Tlingit artist of Filipino descent. She was best known as a Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver, but she also worked in painting, printmaking, carving, and sculpting.
    Date of birth: 4 June 1956
    Date of death: 7 December 2016
    Age: 60 (age at death)
    Occupation: Artist
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    Candice Hopkins

    Carcross/Tagish First Nation curator
    Candice Hopkins
    Overview: Candice Hopkins (born 1977 in Whitehorse, Yukon) is a curator, writer, and researcher who predominantly explores areas of history, art, and indigeneity, and their intersections. Hopkins is co-curator of ...
    Date of birth: 1977
    Age: 47
    Occupation: Writer
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    Frank Peratrovich

    American politician
    Overview: Frank Peratrovich (April 2, 1895 – January 4, 1984) was an American businessman and politician.
    Date of birth: 2 April 1895
    Date of death: 4 January 1984
    Age: 88 (age at death)
    Occupation: Politician
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