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alcheringa:1-2:wolf_songs_others_of_the_tlingit [2021/06/16 13:08] – [Commentary] laura_lopezalcheringa:1-2:wolf_songs_others_of_the_tlingit [2021/10/05 14:54] (current) – aaron_heinrich
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 ====== WOLF SONGS & Others of the Tlingit ====== ====== WOLF SONGS & Others of the Tlingit ======
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 ===== Overview ===== ===== Overview =====
 The poems WOLF SONGS & Others of the Tlingit that appear in Alcheringa Vol. 1, No. 2, are workings of James Koller based on [[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/John_R._Swanton|John Swanton]]'s //Myths and Texts of the [[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tlingit|Tlingit]]//.  The poems WOLF SONGS & Others of the Tlingit that appear in Alcheringa Vol. 1, No. 2, are workings of James Koller based on [[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/John_R._Swanton|John Swanton]]'s //Myths and Texts of the [[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tlingit|Tlingit]]//. 
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 ===== Context ===== ===== Context =====
  
-The Tlingit are indigenous people located in the Pacific Northwest. The name they use for themselves is "Lingít" which means people. Their language is well-known for its complex sound system and grammar, including the use of phonemes that are not heard in almost any other language.+The Tlingit are indigenous people located in the vast forests of Alaska. The exact beginnings of this group of Indians are unknown but they were able to build a trade empire that was second only to the Inca empire in the south. 
  
-Contemporary Tlingít do not live on reservations and are united in the Central Council of the Tlingít and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. They struggled to preserve their ways of life, but have been able to rebuild their way of life which includes practicing their traditions crafts as well as fishing.+The name they use for themselves is "Lingít" which means people. Their language is well-known for its complex sound system and grammar, including the use of phonemes that are not heard in almost any other language. 
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 +Contemporary Tlingít do not live on reservations and are united in the Central Council of the Tlingít and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. At one time they struggled to preserve their ways of life, but have been able to rebuild by practicing their traditional crafts as well as fishing.
 ===== Commentary ===== ===== Commentary =====
  
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 “Tlingit.” Tlingit - New World Encyclopedia, www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/tlingit. “Tlingit.” Tlingit - New World Encyclopedia, www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/tlingit.
  
 +The Tlingit Nation Pg 2, www.snowwowl.com/peopletlingit2.html.
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 +The Tlingit Nation Pg 3, http://www.snowwowl.com/peopletlingit3.html
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 +=== Metadata ===
 +{{tag>Tlingit 1909 North-America song oral}}
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 +=== Topics === 
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 +{{tag>alcohol animal birth death dream eagle fire ghost home hunting marriage nature Shaman spirit water wolf}}
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 + --- //[[wnzcc@iup.edu|Laura Lopez]] 2021/06/23 02:59//

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