Text and context of Tlingit oral tradition
Book 1988 Dauenhauer, Richard

TlingitNorth America > Northwest Coast and California
This dissertation is a study of the relationship of text and context in Tlingit oral tradition and it demonstrates the congruence of Tlingit oral literary structure and social structure. Dauenhauer analyzes three forms of oral literature - prose narr...

'Because we cherish you--'
Book 1981 Sealaska Corporation et al.

TlingitNorth America > Northwest Coast and California
In the spring of 1980 a Sealaska Elders' Conference was held in Sitka, Alaska, sponsored by the Sealaska Corporation's Board of Directors. This conference, the first of its kind in which a traditional language forum from all areas of the region was a...