Title:
The Tlingit Indians : observations of an indigenous people of southeast Alaska, 1881-1882
JLCTITLE245:
by Aurel Krause ; translated by Erna Gunther.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Kenmore, Washington : Epicenter Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
360 p. : ill., maps, ports., music ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781935347255
General Note:
Originally published as Die Tlikit-Indianer, in Jena, 1885.
Translated by Erna Gunther with a new foreward by Dee Longenbaugh.
Abstract:
Translation of Die Tlinkit-Indianer, published in Jena, 1885.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p.[339]-347) and index.
Contents:
The journey -- Historical survey -- The territory of the Tlingit -- The Tlingit people -- Villages, houses, and inhabitants -- Household life -- Fishing, hunting, and trade -- Arts and handcrafts -- Birth, education, marriage, and death -- Customs of peace and war -- Myths of the Tlingit -- Shamanism -- Neighboring tribes -- Missions and efforts at civilization -- The language of the Tlingit.