Haa shuká, our ancestors
Subtitle: Tlingit oral narratives
By: edited by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer.
Contributors: Dauenhauer, Nora.; Dauenhauer, Richard.
Series: Classics of Tlingit oral literature ;; v. 1
Publisher: University of Washington Press; Sealaska Heritage Foundation; Univ of Washington Pr
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Seattle; Juneau
Language: eng
Number of pages: 514
Subjects: Tlingit Indians -- Folklore.; Tlingit Indians -- Religion.; Tlingit mythology.; Tlingit language -- Texts.
Description: 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.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 511-514.
English and Tlingit.