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Totem lore of the Alaska Indian, and the land of the totem.
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Physical Description:
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116 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portrait, map ; 25 cm. - Edition: New ed., rev.
- Publisher: Wrangell, Alaska, W.C. Waters [c1940]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Totem lore has passed through nine editions."--Introd. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Chapter I. The Ketchikan district -- The Ketchikan totems -- Kasaan, a Haida town -- Chapter II. Wrangell -- The coming of the white people -- Koos-da-shan totem -- The legend of the raven -- The beaver legend of Kilisnu -- Legends of Chief Shakes' totems: The legend of the grizzly bear -- The Ko-na-ka-det. -- The Thlinget hero, Kayak -- The last of the fire builders -- The kit legend and totem -- Kadashan, his totems and legends of his totems: The eagle legend : Tsimpsian -- The legend of the crane. -- The legend of the Koosh-ta-ka -- Camp fire stories of the Alaskan Indians -- The story of the Kluc-nu-hu-di -- How the Thlinget Indians reasoned and lived -- The Indian potlach dance -- Metlakatla legends -- Totems from the west coast of Prince of Wales Island -- Chapter III. Taku, Petersburg and Wrangell Narrows -- The legend of "The place where the geese sit down" -- Chapter IV. Juneau, the capital city -- Chapter V. Skagway and the White Pass -- The Chilkat blanket -- The Thlinget basket -- Chapter VI. Sitka and Alaska history -- Sitka totems -- The judgement of Dikee Ankow : a story -- The history of the Seattle totem pole / by Wm. Dickerson -- The Alert Bay Indians -- The Sitka-Wrangell feud / by Chester Worthington -- Chapter VII. From Juneau to Cordova -- Chapter VIII. Valdez and Seward -- Through the gold belt -- Northern lights : a poem / W.C. Waters -- Explanations of cover designs -- Map of Alaska -- Advertisements: Alaska Steamship Company, The Nuggett Shop. |
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| Subject: | Indians of North America Alaska Indians of North America Alaska Folklore Totems Alaska Description and travel |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | E 78 .A3 C67 1940 | 282130 | Stacks | Available | - |