| Autore |
Edwards Erika
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| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
New York : , : Cavendish Square, , 2017
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (128 pages) : color illustrations, map, portraits
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| Disciplina |
979.8004/9727
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| Collana |
First peoples of North America
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| Soggetto topico |
Tlingit Indians
Tlingit Indians - Social life and customs
Indians of North America - Alaska
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| ISBN |
1-5026-2252-1
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| 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.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158618603321 |
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Levees and seawalls / / by Erika Edwards
