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Being and place among the Tlingit / Thomas F. Thornton.

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  • ISBN: 9780295987491 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0295987499 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xv, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press ; c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Place and Tlingit senses of being -- Know your place : the social organization of geographic knowledge -- What's in a name? : place and cognition -- Production and place : "it was easy for me to put up fish there" -- Ritual as emplacement : the potlatch / ku.éex' -- Conclusion: Toward an anthropology of place.
Subject:
Tlingit Indians > Social life and customs.
Names, Geographical > Social aspects > Alaska.
Cultural property > Alaska.
Geographical perception > Alaska.
Alaska > Social life and customs.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Lummi Library E 99 .T6 S67 T46 2008 272507 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library PNW E 99 .T6 S67 T46 2008 284337 PNW Available -