Book
Under Mount Saint Elias: the history and culture of the Yakutat Tlingit
Smithsonian Institution Press; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] • 7 • Published In 1972 • Pages: 3 v. [i-xxiv, 1-548 ; xxix-xli, 549-914 ; xlvii-xlix, 915-1395 ], plates
By: De Laguna, Frederica.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an exhaustive ethnographic description of the Tlingit of Yakutat Bay in southeastern Alaska. Topics covered include: the natural environment; their history from 1741 onward; their traditional history; houses and settlements; travel and trade; subsistence; material culture; social structure; the life cycle; ritual and rites of passage; recreation and art; the potlatch; shamanism and witchcraft; and religion and cosmology. Also included are extensive texts, in English, of Yakutat Tlingit myths and folklore. Volume 3 contains musical scores of several traditional songs. Illustrations, maps and a photographic appendix are also included. This work is almost entirely descriptive; except for the formal organization of the chapters, De Laguna has not made any attempt at analysis or interpretation. Coverage of the topics is comprehensive and thorough, and is based on empirical data.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Marine hunting
- Animal by-products
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- General tools
- Boats
- Literary texts
- Clans
- External relations
- Warfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tlingit
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Christopher Latham ; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 6/8/49-7/13/49; 6/6/52-9/13/52; summer 1953; 2/13/54-6/16/54
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1741-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yakutat Bay, southeastern Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frederica de Laguna
- 'Recordings of Yakutat songs, with transactions of the music by David P. McAllester': v. 3, p. 1149-1373
- All texts (referred to in abstract) have been indexed for Literary Texts (539). Information on the potlatch is generally indexed for both Gift Giving (431) and Accumulation of Wealth (556).
- Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 904-913)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77185631
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tlingit Indians