MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1958
Abstract:
Ahtna songs and stories recorded in Copper Center, Alaska by Frederica de Laguna in 1958. Includes numerous interviews on autobiographical topics, explanations of Ahtna songs, sleep doctors, and traditional narratives. Also includes vocabulary related to kinship terms. Songs include potlatch songs, love songs, drinking songs, and songs of Tlingit origin.
Call #:
Mss.Rec.31
Extent:
8 reel(s)
Subjects:
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Ahtena Indians | Ahtena Indians -- Kinship | Ahtena Indians -- Music | Ahtena Indians -- Religion | Ahtena Indians -- Social life and customs | Ahtena dance | Ahtena language | Animal sounds -- Alaska | Christmas music | Copper Center (Alaska) | Cordova (Alaska) | De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 | Drinking songs -- Alaska | Eyak Indians -- Music | Eyak language | Han language | Indians of North America -- Alaska | Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Music | Jesus Christ -- Songs and music | Love songs | McClellan, Catharine | Mourning customs -- United States -- Alaska | Potlatch -- Alaska | Shamanism -- Alaska | Sound recordings | Sparrows | Swans | Tanacross language | Tlingit Indians -- Alaska -- Music | Tlingit Indians -- Music | Tlingit dance | Tlingit language | Tobacco | Upper Tanana language