The Tlingit people developed a society with a matrilineal kinship system of property inheritance and descent in what is today Southeast Alaska, along with parts of British Columbia and the Yukon.
ðə tˈiːlˈɪŋɡɪt pˈiːpəl dɪvˈɛləpt ɐ səsˈaɪəɾi wɪð ɐ mˈætɹɪlˌɪniəl kˈɪnʃɪp sˈɪstəm ʌv pɹˈɑːpɚɾi ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns ænd dᵻsˈɛnt ɪn wʌt ɪz tədˈeɪ sˈaʊθiːst ɐlˈæskə, ɐlˈɔŋ wɪð pˈɑːɹts ʌv bɹˈɪɾɪʃ kəlˈʌmbiə ænd ðə jˈuːkən.