MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1952
Abstract:
Recorded by Frederica de Laguna in the field at Yakutat, Alaska in 1952. Contains various types of Tlingit songs, including mourning songs, drinking songs, love songs, personal songs, and 3 Athabaskan songs, most likely Southern Tutchone. Includes Raven and other stories with some translations.
Call #:
Mss.Rec.19
Extent:
7 reel(s)
Subjects:
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Alsek River | Arguments | Athapascan Indians | Athapascan languages | Beavers -- Folklore | Children's songs | De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 | Drinking songs -- Alaska | Drowning | Eyak language | Fishing | Hunting -- Alaska | Hymns | Indians of North America -- Alaska | Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Hunting | Johnson, Minnie | Lituya Bay (Alaska) | Mourning customs -- United States -- Alaska | Quests (Expeditions) | Raven (Legendary character) | Raven (Legendary character) -- Legends | Reed, Jack | Russians -- Alaska | Sea otter -- Folklore | Sound recordings | Speeches, addresses, etc. | Speeches, addresses, etc. | Thunderbird (Legendary character) -- Legends | Tlingit Indians -- Alaska -- History | Tlingit Indians -- Alaska -- Music | Tlingit Indians -- Folklore | Tlingit Indians -- Medicine | Tlingit Indians -- Music | Tlingit language | Tlingit mythology | Tsimshian Indians -- History | Whiskey | White, Charley | White, Jenny | Yakutat (Alaska)
