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Title:
Kahtahah
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Frances Lackey Paul ; illustrated by Rie Muñoz.
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Publication Information:
Anchorage, Alaska : Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, [1976]
Physical Description:
ix, 109 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:
9780882400587
Abstract:
Draws on the experiences of a real person to recreate the life of a Tlingit Indian girl of nineteenth-century Alaska.
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Contents:
Kahtahah goes to summer camp -- Trip to summer camp -- Arrival at summer camp -- Summer camp -- Spring eulachon camp -- How a chief's son acquires a name -- How raven fooled seagull and crane -- Seals -- Box making -- Story of the grizzly bear -- Story of the village of Gidiksh -- Bears like blueberries -- How the Stikheenquam came down the river -- Marriage plans for Kahtahah -- How Kahtahah came to Snook's house -- Feast of naming -- Death of Hoont'hut -- Summer comes to an end -- Kahtahah loses her painted house front -- Haida chief gives a feast -- How the bear clan obtained the eagle for its totem -- How raven brought daylight to mankind -- Six canoes full of soapberries -- Kahtahah's frog blanket -- How the cormorant lost his tongue -- Changing times -- Death of the Shaman -- Visitors from the Tsimshian country -- Mission house -- Kahtahah's return -- School -- Romance -- Old custom wins.
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