Tlingit Myths and Texts Contributor(s): Swanton, John R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0766177165 ISBN-13: 9780766177161 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: This work represents the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 39. The following myths and texts were collected at Sitka and Wrangell, Alaska in January through April 1904 from the Tlingit Indians in residence there. Some of the stories were related by the writer's Sitka interpreter, Don Cameron, of the Chilkat Ka'gwantan, and others by a Yakutat man. |
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BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - History | Native American - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
Dewey: 970.3 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 8.3" W x 10.92" (2.33 lbs) 460 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Alaska |
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