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The life of a Chilkat Indian girlarticle 1913 • Shotridge, Florence
Tlingit • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This article, by a full-blooded Chilkat of the Hlukahade clan, is a synthetic sketch of the growing up of a Chilkat girl, based upon her own experiences. Shotridge concentrates on the puberty ceremonies, and the manners of a well bred young girl. A m...Chilkat housesarticle 1913 • Shotridge, Louis & Shotridge, Florence
Tlingit • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This article was written by an assistant in the University of Pennsylvania Museum and his wife, both of whom were full-blooded Tlingit Indians. Louis Shotridge's father was head chief of the Raven side in Chilkat. The article contains descriptions an...