The Tagish or Tagish Khwáan ( Tagish: ; ) are a

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people of the Athabaskan-speaking

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that lived around Tagish Lake and Marsh Lake, in

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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), Shaaw Tláa (Kate Carmack) and Káa goox (Dawson Charlie). 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.

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Yukon Native Language Centre
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Carcross/Tagish First Nation
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