George Thornton Emmons

The Whale House of the Chilkat is a historical study of the Alaskan Tlingits and their custom of naming the houses based on the courage of their strongest members. Contents: "THE OLD WHALE HOUSE, DETAIL OF THE HOUSE POSTS, Gonakatate-Gars, Duck-Toolh-Gars, Yehlh-Gars, Tluke-ass-a-Gars, OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSE, THE PRESENT WHALE HOUSE."

The Whale House of the Chilkat

Andrew Hope

Thomas F. Thornton

In 1993 the Tlingit tribes and clans convened a landmark conference in Haines, Alaska, which brought Native peoples from Alaska and Canada together with scholars of their language, history, and culture to exchange information and develop a collaborative agenda for future research and policy initiatives. This volume represents the fruits of that unique exchange and collaboration. It includes original contributions by Native and non-Native scholars alike on a variety of key topics, including Tlingit historiography, migrations, warfare, kinship and property tenure, language and literacy, ethnogeography and cultural resource management, subsistence, and naming. Bridging past and future, this source book fills an important niche in the literature and is designed especially to be accessible to all students of Tlingit culture.

A Tlingit Source Book

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American Museum of Natural History

Frederica De Laguna

George Emmons

Jean Low

"A comprehensive and definitive work"--Science

The Tlingit Indians

Jade in British Columbia and Alaska, and Its Use by the Natives

George Thornton Emmons

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