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Haa tuwunáagu yís, for healing our spirit

by Nora Dauenhauer, Richard Dauenhauer

TextsOratoryReligion and mythologyTlingit languageTlingit IndiansRites and ceremoniesHealing, religious aspectsTlingit mythology

A compendium of Tlingit oratory recorded in performance, featuring Tlingit texts with facing English translations and detailed annotations; photographs of the orators and the settings in which the speeches were delivered; and biographies of the elders. Most speeches were recorded on Canada's Northwest Coast, primarily in British Columbia, between 1968 and 1988, but two date from 1899. Includes references and glossary.

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Book data: Open Library