Haa shuká, our ancestors: Tlingit oral narratives

Recorded from the 1960s to the present by twelve tradition bearers who were passing down for future generations the accounts of haa shuka, which means our ancestors. Narratives tell of the origin of social and spiritual concepts and explain complex relationships. Text in Tlingit with English transla...

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Format: Book
Language:Tlingit
English
Published: Seattle u.a. Univ. of Washington Pr. 1987
Series:Classics of Tlingit oral literature 1
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Summary:Recorded from the 1960s to the present by twelve tradition bearers who were passing down for future generations the accounts of haa shuka, which means our ancestors. Narratives tell of the origin of social and spiritual concepts and explain complex relationships. Text in Tlingit with English translation on the opposite page. Includes biographies of the narrators. Also extensive introduction and notes.
Item Description:Text Tlingit u. engl.
Physical Description:XVI, 514 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0295964944
0295964952