Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors

Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 538
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ISBN-10 : 0295964952
ISBN-13 : 9780295964959
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Download or read book Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors written by Nora Dauenhauer and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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