The people and culture of the Tlingit / / Erika Edwards and Raymond Bial
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| Autore: |
Edwards Erika
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| Titolo: |
The people and culture of the Tlingit / / Erika Edwards and Raymond Bial
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Cavendish Square, , 2017 |
| �2017 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (128 pages) : color illustrations, map, portraits |
| Disciplina: | 979.8004/9727 |
| Soggetto topico: | Tlingit Indians |
| Tlingit Indians - Social life and customs | |
| Indians of North America - Alaska | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | BialRaymond |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | A culture begins -- Journey from the sea -- Different groups --A culture of land and water --Creation origins of the Tlingit -- Building a civilization -- Kwans -- Tlingit dwellings and clan house living -- A society of moieties, clans, and nobility -- Crests -- Life in a Tlingit village -- Cycle of life -- Feeding a community -- Preparing food from the land and water -- Recipe -- Tlingit carving - how to dress like a Tlingit -- Traveling by canoe, trading -- Beliefs of the Tlingit -- The sacred -- Celebrating with potlatches - Tlingit religious beliefs - storytelling and legends -- Man and monster -- Overcoming hardships -- Tlingit hardship throughout history -- Changing way of life -- Preserving the Tlingit language -- The nation's presence now -- Alaska Native brotherhood and Alaska Native sisterhood -- The Tlingit Central Council -- The Sealaska Corporation -- Other tlingit organizations -- Celebrations -- Faces of the Tlingit -- William G. Demmet Jr. -- Katlian -- Elizabeth W. Peratrovich -- Shakes -- Rosita Worl =-- Chronology -- Glossary. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book discusses the origin of the Tlingit, their rituals, beliefs, and culture, and their importance in society today. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The people and culture of the Tlingit |
| ISBN: | 1-5026-2252-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910158618603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
First peoples of North America.