Haa tuwunáagu yís, for healing our spirit
Subtitle: Tlingit oratory
By: edited by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer.
Contributors: Dauenhauer, Nora.; Dauenhauer, Richard.
Series: Classics of Tlingit oral literature ;; v. 2
Publisher: University of Washington Press; Sealaska Heritage Foundation
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Seattle; Juneau
Language: eng; tli
Number of pages: 569
Subjects: Speeches, addresses, etc., Tlingit.; Tlingit Indians -- Religion.; Tlingit mythology.; Tlingit Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.; Tlingit language -- Texts.
Other titles: Tlingit oratory.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-569)
English and Tlingit.