Copy of Side 2 of Tetlin VII
name: label: Collection Creator
content: De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004
label: Collection Creator
content: McClellan, Catharine
label: Collection Creator
content: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
label: Collection Creator
content: Guédon, Marie Françoise
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content: Emmons, George Thornton
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content: Frederica de Laguna papers
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content: Frederica de Laguna papers / Series 12: Sound Recordings
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content: Oct. 5, 1969
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content: Reel 100
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content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Copy of original recording 'Tetlin VII" (side 2) made by Marie-Françoise Guédon, of the big Tetlin potlatch October 2-6, 1969.

10/5/69

Reel 1


Guédon's Recordings

Noise//

1. continues the potlatch song --(people making a noise near the record)

who!

noise --talk --hosts are waiting

discuss what song will come first

2. Emma Titus' song for her "sister cousin" Ida David --introduced by the drum just recorder ("my sister" are works of the song) (Again bring out the gun & women are dancing with it and with scarves. Dancers are guests. Tetlin people who them)

weeping --song leader breaks it off by starting a song

3. Tx sorry song to Johnny Jonathan (?)

some weeping

Potlatch song can't be sung until all guests have all arrived. Then really start the potlatch

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It is duty of song leaders of each village to start song when people weep too much. The partner (best friend) comforst each host mourner holding him or her in his/her arms. They dance together --weeping mourners mention any dear departed

After potlatch song, all those guests who cry ask for their sorry song. Are supposed to sing them all --but get tired finally.

Noises --talk --hits mike

4. by Walter Northway

children cry

continues talking in distance

mike noises

speaks on far side of the room

a song follows speech immediately

5. sorry song

6. speech by Andrew Isaac --"tcinan" [?] clapping

7. sorry song --(same as #5?)

8. " "

0. drum --then sorry song

10. "Tubare nei" sorry song

11. sorry song (2 drums) ho! (laughter)

12. Sorry song --Emma Titus or Annie Joe's song for Ida David --(II)

13. Sorry song

14. Sorry song --ho!

15. Sorry song --talking --coughing

(16. someone from Chistochina speaks faintly --4a --noise

omitted from copy)

17. Emma Titus' Song for Ida David cf. #2 "My poor sister, you are calling me" --words to song (Originally slow speed) // break in copy //

18. First dance song --started by Steven Northway "Xmas Day, Xmas tree"

laughter & cheers // break in copy: Steven Northway with drum goes around, "dance, don't sit there etc." //

19. Steven Northway's song "Look at the girls of Northway dancing" talking --laughter --"sing"

20. Fart dance song --by Steven Northway --whee!

21. Sorry song

noises on mike cable?

22. song --(for gunho) "gunho gunho!"

23. Sorry song --"adjuce ce ta"?

24. Annie Joe's song for the new community hall

clap

25. Emma Titus' song for the same building

laughter

26. "Christmas Day" (cf. #18)

laughter

27. Tetlin Hill (adaptation of Minto song by Kitty David, Annie Joe, Emma Titus, & Jessie David)

who!

28. Porcupine Dance

(Minto song, learned at Fairbanks festival, 1966) "Porcupine Dance"

29. Down-the-line

haw haw hiye

(a find dance for the men)

30. Down-the-line

laughter // break //

31. down- the-line // end of copy reel