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Autore: | Edwards Erika |
Titolo: | The people and culture of the Tlingit / / Erika Edwards and Raymond Bial |
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 |
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