Gunaxoo kwaan Shaman masks and oral traditions With Elaine Abraham Around 1883 to 1887, complete contents of shaman’s grave houses were taken from the Yakutat and Dry-Bay area by Professor Libbey and Lieutenant Emmons. Most ofthis collection ended up at the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum. Yakutat Tlingit tribe is in the process of beginning to repatriate these items. This presentation will review some of the collection and the shamans’ genealogies.
