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Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors: Tlingit Oral Narratives

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Tlingit Elders


1987

Very Useful
Book
Tlingit
Referenced by: Sealaska Heritage Foundation

Grade Level(s): 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Theme(s): Language/Communication, Cultural Expression, Living in Place, Tribe/Community

Eleven classic stories by thirteen elders. Includes Naatsilanéi (the origin of the killer whale), The Strong Man, The Woman Who Married the Bear, Kaats' (The Man Who Married the Bear), and two stories about the coming of the white man.

"With texts and a thorough introduction to their format, oral style, and cultural context, a lengthy explanation of Tlingit phonetics and grammar, extensive historical and linguistic notes, and brief biographies . Haa Shuká is simultaneously a work of literature, a contribution to scholarship, and an act of homage to the Tlingit elders who contributed to the project for the sake of their descendants." -- World Literature Today

Features Tlingit texts with facing English translations. Edited by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer. Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature, Vol. 1, University of Washington Press and Sealaska Heritage Foundation, 1987, 532 pp., illustrations, notes, biographies, bibliography. Paperback, $22.50

Available from:

Sealaska Heritage Foundation
One Sealaska Plaza, Suite 201
Juneau, Alaska 99801

(907) 463-4844


Native-produced

Information about the resource can be found at:
ANKN Clearinghouse
P.O.Box 756730
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6730

Tel: (907) 474-5897
or email: ANKN Clearinghouse

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