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Kahtahah / Frances Lackey Paul ; illustrated by Rie Muñoz.

Paul, Frances. (Author). Muñoz, Rie. (Added Author).

Summary:

Draws on the experiences of a real person to recreate the life of a Tlingit Indian girl of nineteenth-century Alaska.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0882400584
  • ISBN: 9780882400587
  • Physical Description: ix, 109 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
  • Publisher: Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Pub. Co., c1976.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Kahtahah goes to summer camp -- Trip to summer camp -- Arrival at summer camp -- Summer camp -- Spring eulachon camp -- How a chief's son acquires a name -- How raven fooled seagull and crane -- Seals -- Box making -- Story of the grizzly bear -- Story of the village of Gidiksh -- Bears like blueberries -- How the Stikheenquam came down the river -- Marriage plans for Kahtahah -- How Kahtahah came to Snook's house -- Feast of naming -- Death of Hoont'hut -- Summer comes to an end -- Kahtahah loses her painted house front -- Haida chief gives a feast -- How the bear clan obtained the eagle for its totem -- How raven brought daylight to mankind -- Six canoes full of soapberries -- Kahtahah's frog blanket -- How the cormorant lost his tongue -- Changing times -- Death of the Shaman -- Visitors from the Tsimshian country -- Mission house -- Kahtahah's return -- School -- Romance -- Old custom wins.
Subject:
Kahtahah > Juvenile literature.
Tlingit Indians > Juvenile literature.
Tlingit Indians > Biography.
Indians of North America > Northwest coast of North America > Biography.

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Lummi Library HIST JUV 970.0 PAUL 1976 271190 Historical Reshelving -
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