MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
March-August 1954
Abstract:
Tlingit recordings made in Yakutat, Alaska (Tapes 1-7); Ahtna recordings made at Chitina, Tazlina, and Chistochina (Tape 8 - Tape 10, track 22); Southern Tutchone recordings made at Klukshu, Yukon Territory (Tape 10, tracks 23-31). Includes personal songs, mourning songs, drinking songs, love songs, shaman songs, and children's songs. Collections formerly titled "Tlingit and Yakutat songs." Renamed in October 2019 to clarify presence of recordings from other communities.
Call #:
Mss.Rec.30
Extent:
10 tape(s)
Subjects:
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Ahtena Indians -- History | Ahtena Indians -- Music | Ahtena Indians -- Social life and customs | Ahtena dance | Ahtena language | Alaska Native Brotherhood. Convention | Aleuts -- Music | Alsek River | Antlen River (Alaska) -- Songs and music | Athapascan Indians -- Alaska -- Music | Athapascan languages | Bears | Children's songs | Chinook jargon | Chistochina (Alaska) | Chitina (Alaska) | Crows | De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 | Dena'ina language | Drinking songs -- Alaska | Drowning victims | Eyak language | Family violence -- Alaska | Farewells | Frogs -- Folklore | Haida Indians -- Music | Han language | Hangings -- Yukon -- Dawson | Hunting songs | Hymns | Indian slaves -- Alaska | Indians of North America -- Alaska | Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Dance | Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Music | Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Religion | Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Social life and customs | Indians of North America -- Migrations | Indians of North America -- Yukon -- Music | Klukshu (Yukon) | Love songs | Marriage | Migration, Internal -- Alaska | Mourning customs -- United States -- Alaska | Muskrat | Potlatch | Potlatch -- Alaska | Raven (Legendary character) | Raven (Legendary character) -- Legends | Shamanism -- Alaska | Smallpox -- Alaska | Soldiers -- Alaska | Sound recordings | Southern Tutchone language | Tanacross language | Tazlina (Alaska) | Tepehuan Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Tlingit Indians -- Alaska -- Music | Tlingit Indians -- Alaska -- Rites and ceremonies | Tlingit Indians -- Alaska -- Social life and customs | Tlingit Indians -- Folklore | Tlingit Indians -- History | Tlingit Indians -- Music | Tlingit Indians -- Religion | Tlingit dance | Tlingit language | Tlingit mythology | Tsimshian Indians -- History | Tsimshian language | Tutchone Indians -- Music | Upper Tanana language | Whiskey | Yakutat (Alaska) | Yakutat Tlingit Tribe
