- Item 1: Sound recording, disc ‘Cassette Tape 116’, titled ‘Lecture on Halibut Hooks’. Recorded January 25, 1979. Length 21 minutes 11 seconds. Speaker Frank Johnson and unidentified female reading off hand written document(s) by Frank Johnson. Provides information on how halibut hooks are made and used and how to catch and kill halibut. Discussion of harvesting fibers from nettles to make fishing lines, and also using spruce roots. Brief explanation of WWII plane engines, and how parts were made, and making halibut hooks in same machines with hard wood. Mention of Claude Morrison from Hydaburg. Story about former sandbar in front of Hydaburg.
- Item 2: Sound recording, disc ‘Cassette Tape 115’, titled ‘Lecture on Halibut Hooks’. Recorded January 25, 1979. Length 31 minutes 25 seconds. Speaker Frank Johnson, possibly talking to students in a school. Tells of women harvesting and preparing spruce roots for weaving. Mention of good halibut fishing spot in Kake. Provides information for where halibut are in different seasons and best time of day to catch them. Briefly discusses decorative carvings on halibut hooks. Provides two Tlingit words used in halibut fishing terminology. Discusses bait used for halibut fishing. Provides information on how and where to catch octopus. Discusses different methods for drying halibut.
- Item 3: Sound recording, disc ‘Cassette Tape 119’. Recorded March 16, 1978 at the Heritage House in Ketchikan, Alaska. Length 29 minutes 55 seconds. Speaker Dr. Walter Soboleff. Speech about Southeast Alaska Native politics. Provides information about Tlingit famous “Peace Party”, and other peace ceremonies. Discusses Tlingit social and political systems. Mentions Kaagwaantaan clan and man from Sitka, named Yak’waan.
- Item 4: Sound recording, disc ‘Cassette Tape 120’. Recorded March 16, 1978 at the Heritage House in Ketchikan, Alaska. Length 37 minutes 2 seconds. Speaker Dr. Walter Soboleff. Speech about Southeast Alaska Native politics. Discusses importance of speech making in traditional Tlingit political systems and the Tlingit philosophy of keeping the balance. Discusses caste systems and importance of respect. Provides information on political history for Southeast Alaska Natives.
- Item 5: Sound recording of Herb Bradley of Wrangell labeled ‘Uncle & Jane Campbell Side A’. Length 44 minutes 26 seconds. Discusses family history and genealogy and personal life history. Speaking primarily in English. Transcription available in MC 1.
- Item 6: Sound recording of Herb Bradley labeled ‘Uncle & Jane Campbell Side B’. Length 46 minutes 43 seconds. Discusses life history. Provides information on clan relations and clan house names. Mentions a Kaach.adi chief, John Bradley. Transcription available in MC 1.
- Item 7: Sound recording, disc “Tape 42 A&B”. Recorded 1973 in Sitka, Alaska. Length 69 minutes 25 seconds. Speakers Bill Davis, Henry Davis, A.P. Johnson, and Ray Neilson. Recording of ANB meeting. Speakers discuss Raven and cultures. Tlingit and English spoken, the bulk in English.
- Item 8: Sound recording, disc ‘Tape 40’, titled ‘Sitka Salmon Legend’. Recorded in Sitka, Alaska. Length 3 minutes. Speaker A.P. Johnson. Story belongs to the Kiks.ádi people. Provides information on salmon fishing practices.
- Item 9: Sound recording, disc ‘Tape 30’. Recorded 1974 in Ketchikan, Alaska at high school auditorium. Recorded by Vesta Johnson. Speaker Cy Peck, Jr. Length 31 minutes 5 seconds. Audio of Angoon and Yakutat dancers performing. Songs in Tlingit.
- Item 10: Sound recording, disc ‘Tape 25’, titled ‘ANB History – Land Claims’. Recorded March 10, 1975 in Ketchikan, Alaska. Recorded by Vesta Johnson. Length 51 minutes 10 seconds. Speaker Frank Johnson. Discusses history of ANB and the people involved; mentions several names, including Andrew Hope.
- Item 11: Sound recording, labeled ‘Esther Littlefield, [Kiks.ádi Clan, Strong House] Wrangell Kiks.ádi Names’. Recorded in Sitka, Alaska. Length 42 minutes 2 seconds. Speaker Esther Littlefield. Discusses Kiks.ádi history in Sitka, Alaska. Provides information on Kiks.ádi clan houses and crests. Discusses family history and genealogy.
- Item 12: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Herb Bradley #1, Side B’. Length 46 minutes 5 seconds. Speaker Herb Bradley. Provides information on Tlingit place names and landmarks. Discusses Tlingit history after the flood and relations amongst various clans and villages. 2 copies.
- Item 13: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Names & Stories, Side A’. Recorded October 17, 1979. Length 44 minutes 5 seconds. Speaker Herb Bradley. Provides information on peoples’ Tlingit names and the clans the names belonged to. Discusses storytellers and the stories they told; importance of Raven stories. 2 copies.
- Item 14: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Names & Stories, Side B’. Recorded October 17, 1979. Length 44 minutes 16 seconds. Speaker Herb Bradley. Discusses family history and genealogy. Provides Tlingit names for family members. Discusses changing social customs. Mentions halibut hooks.
- Item 15: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Names & Stories’. Recorded October 17, 1979. Length 19 minutes 1 second. Provides information on peoples’ Tlingit names. Provides information on Tlingit place names and landmarks. Tells stories that went with names and places discussed.
- Item 16: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Matilda Pane [but is actually Matilda Jones Paul], Wrangell Kiks.ádi’. Length 42 minutes 2 seconds. Provides information on peoples’ Tlingit names. Discusses family history and personal life history. Tells about experience with breaking traditional Tlingit marriage customs. Discusses various Tlingit social customs.
- Item 17: Sound recording, disc titled ‘Chilkoot Party’. Disc 1 of 2. Recorded August 23, 1980 at the ANB Hall in Haines, Alaska. Speakers Jessie Dalton, George Davis, and Gunaana Wanaashaa – Women of the Navy [Kaagwaantaan]. Length 48 minutes 33 seconds. Speeches in Tlingit for peace ceremony taking place. Provides information on strength training and Tlingit customs for battle. Provides information about peace ceremonies. [Disk damaged beyond repair]
- Item 18: Sound recording, disc titled ‘Chilkoot Party’. Disc 2 of 2. Recorded August 23, 1980 at the ANB Hall in Haines, Alaska. Speakers Jessie Dalton, George Davis, and Gunaana Wanaashaa – Women of the Navy [Kaagwaantaan]. Length 48 minutes and 9 seconds. Drumming and songs in Tlingit. Introductions of songs in Tlingit and English.
- Item 19: Sound recording of Katherine Mills, disc labeled ‘Chookaneidi Clan’. Length 60 minutes and 40 seconds. Tlingit elder Katherine Mills from Hoonah provides information on Chookaneidí clan history. Tells the story of Glacier Bay, discusses Tlingit social customs for young women, then speaks about the history of Hoonah, including the story of Ch'eet. 2 CD copies, 1 cassette.
- Item 20: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘C. Jackson, Legend Interp.’ Recorded February 26 and 28, 2003 at Sealaska in Juneau, Alaska. Speaker Clarence Jackson. Length 46 minutes 57 seconds. Tells story in Tlingit and then in English. Story about traditional Tlingit social customs in regards to guests and ways in which items can become clan property. Story about Prince Rupert area.
- Item 21: Recording is not present.
- Item 22: Sound recording, disc titled ‘Táax’aa, Mosquito’. Length 14 minutes 13 seconds. Speaker David G. Katzeek. Reading of a story told by Robert Zuboff (Shaadaax’). Story about how the mosquito came from the ashes of a cannibal. Told in Tlingit and English. 2 copies.
- Item 23: Sound recording, disc titled ‘Kak’w, Basket Bay History’. Length 16 minutes 0 seconds. Speaker David G. Katzeek. Reading of a story told by Robert Zuboff (Shaadaax’). Told in Tlingit and English.
- Item 24: Sound recording, disc titled ‘Naatsilanéi’ [Naatsilanei]. Length 26 minutes 36 seconds. Speaker David G. Katzeek. Reading of a story by Frank G. Fawcett. Story about how the killer whale was created, Naatsilanei. Told in Tlingit and English. 2 copies.
- Item 25: Sound recording, disc titled ‘Gus’k’ikwáan, The Coming of the First White Man’. Length 12 minutes 37 seconds. Speaker David G. Katzeek. Reading of a story told by George R. Betts. Story about the first ship of white men seen by the Tlingit. Told in Tlingit and English. 2 copies.
- Item 26: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Raven’s Story’. Length 12 minutes 25 seconds. Speaker David G. Katzeek. Reading of a story told by Charlie Joseph, Sr. Story of the origin of traditional Tlingit dancing practices. Told in Tlingit and English.
- Item 27: Sound recording, disc titled ‘Raven and the Tides Woman’. Recorded July 9, 2006. Length 19 minutes 14 seconds. Speaker David G. Katzeek. Reading of a Shangukeidí story. Story about how low tide was created. Told in Tlingit and English. 2 copies.
- Item 28: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Strong Man’. Length 38 minutes 11 seconds. Speaker David G. Katzeek. Reading of a story told by Frank Johnson. Story about the strength gained by a boy who was always mocked for being lazy and weak. Told in Tlingit and English. 3 copies.
- Item 29: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘The Woman Who Married the Bear’. Length 51 minutes 19 seconds. Speaker David G. Katzeek. Reading of a story told by Tom Peters. Story about a woman who insults the brown bear and then is taken as the bear’s wife. Told in Tlingit and English.
- Item 30: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Tongass Texts, Frank & Emma Williams’. Length is over 12 hours. Recorded in Ketchikan, Alaska. Speakers Frank Williams and Emma Williams and unidentified female interviewer. Tlingit language sessions. Tlingit words and phrases.
- Item 31: Sound recording of Lucy Wren speaking in Tlingit, CD labeled ‘Box of Daylight’, recorded February 18, 1998 at Carcross, Yukon Territory. English introduction states she will tell the story about the crow and a chief’s daughter. 7:55 minutes.
- Item 32: Sound recording, disc titled ‘Clan and Crest Histories’. Recorded March 20, 2003. Length 49 minutes 12 seconds. Speaker Agnes Bellinger. Discussion of clan property; provides information on the “use of military uniforms as crests by Shangukeidí and Kaagwaantaan clans.” [Notice: disc functionally levels vary due to pealing disc label.]
- Item 33: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Dog Point Fish Camp, [Cradle] Songs’. Length 28 minutes 29 seconds. Tlingit songs and lullabies for children. English translation of Tlingit songs.
- Item 34: Video recording, disc labeled “Interview w/ Jennie Thinntut [Thlunaut] by Nora”. Recorded April 14, 1986. Length 48 minutes 40 seconds. Nora Dauenhauer discusses what she learned from Jennie Thlunaut about Chilkat weaving and designs. Chilkat blankets shown; discussion one belonging to the Wolf House of the Kaagwaantaan people. Provides information on clan property.
- Item 35: Sound recording, labeled ‘Hoonah History’. Length 28 minutes 51 seconds. Speaker Katherine Mills. Provides information on locations and place names. Discusses the history and stories of the Hoonah people. Tells the story of Glacier Bay.
- Item 36: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Kaagwaantaan Clan History’. Recorded December 2005. Speaker Herman Kitka. Length 33 minutes 7 seconds. Discusses the history and stories of the Kaagwaantaan people. Tells the story of the Woman Who Married the Bear.
- Item 37: Sound recording of Frank Dick, Sr. telling The Woman Who Married the Bea story, recorded June 10, 1984. Luknaax.ádi Clan. Length 25 minutes 35 seconds. All in Tlingit. 2 copies on CD, 1 cassette copy. Label on cassette states this version was translated and published in Haa Shuka (Dauenhauer and Dauenhauer).
Item 38: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Herb Bradley #1 Side A’. Recorded February 25, 1984 by Berry Roberts in Wrangell, Alaska. Speaker Herb Bradley. Length 46 minutes 38 seconds. Provides information on Kiks.ádi oral history, traditions, territory, and trade. 2 copies.
Item 39: Sound recording, discs labeled ‘David Katzeek singing and teaching how to sing Tlingit Thunderbird songs, 2002’. Recorded June 5, 2002. Length 23 minutes 8 seconds. Speaker David Katzeek. Tlingit songs. 2 copies.
Item 40: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Thunderbird House Dedication, Raven & Thunderbird Songs, from David Katzeek’. Recorded May 6, 1972. Length 57 minutes 32 seconds. Recording of Tlingit dance performances with singing and drumming. Elders give speeches in Tlingit.
Item 41: Audio recording labeled ‘Marks Trail Dancers,” circa 1970s. Length 43 minutes 16 seconds. Marks Trail Dancers performing to welcome tourists to Alaska. Tlingit Rosita Worl provides information Tlingit culture, social structure, kinship systems, ownership rights, and clan relations and welcomes people to Alaska. Briefly explains songs performed. From the Rosita Worl collection.
Item 42: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Marks Trail Dancers, Anchorage, AMU’. Recorded October 19, 1970 at Alaska Methodist University in Anchorage, Alaska. Length 63 minutes 9 seconds. Tlingit Rosita Worl provides information on Tlingit culture, social structure, kinship systems, ownership rights, and clan relations. Briefly explains songs performed. From the Rosita Worl collection.
Item 43: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Marks Trail Dancers, Party for NCAI’. Recorded September 20, 1970. Length 59 minutes 45 seconds. Marks Trail Dancers performing for National Congress of American Indians. Tlingit songs. From the Rosita Worl collection.
Item 44: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Marks Trail Dancers, Smithsonian’. Recorded July 3, 1971. Length 79 minutes 24 seconds. Native American dance groups perform at Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Ohio. Marks Trail Dancers perform Tsimshian and Tlingit dances. Perform ‘spirit dance’, which belongs to Chookaneidi clan from Hoonah. From the Rosita Worl collection.
Item 45: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Mark Trail Dancers Practice’. Length 64 minutes 32 seconds. Teaching and practicing song verses in Tlingit. From the Rosita Worl collection.
Item 46: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Herman Kitka, A #1’ and A#4’. Recorded April 6, 1994 in Sitka, Alaska. Length 63 minutes 18 seconds. Speaker Herman Kitka. Provides information on burial practices. Provides information on clan house names; mentions Killer Whale House and Brown Bear House. Discusses family history. 2 copies [second labeled #4]. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 2.]
Item 47: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Herman Kitka, A #2 and A#5’. Recorded April 6, 1994 in Sitka, Alaska. Length 63 minutes 6 seconds. Speaker Herman Kitka and Martha Daniels Kitka and unidentified female interviewer. Discusses memorial parties and clan relations. Provides information on Russian contact with Tlingits. Herman tells story of the coming of the first white man. At end of recording, Tlingit dance group is performing. 2 copies [second labeled #5]. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 2.]
Item 48: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Herman Kitka, A #3’. Recorded April 1, 1994 in Sitka, Alaska. Length 38 minutes 2 seconds. Discusses family history and genealogy. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 2.]
Item 49: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Herman Kitka, A #6’. Recorded April 1994 in Sitka, Alaska. Length 40 minutes 57 seconds. Speaker Herman Martha Daniels Kitka and unidentified female interviewer. Discusses repatriation and Tlingit property laws. Provides information on clan houses and history. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 2.]
Item 50: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Herman Kitka, A #7’. Recorded April 1994 in Sitka, Alaska. Length 45 minutes 54 seconds. Speaker Herman Martha Daniels Kitka and unidentified female interviewer. Provides information on Tlingit beliefs. Provides information on Tlingit conflict with Russians. Discusses clans and house crests. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 2.]
Item 51: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Herman Kitka, Eric Morrison, A #8’. Recorded in Juneau, Alaska. Length 21 minutes 7 seconds. Speaker Eric Morrison (Luknaax.ádi clan) and Herman Kitka. Morrison discusses Kaagwaantaan Bear Shirt and provides information on clan houses. Kitka provides information on clan houses and property. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 2.]
Item 52: Sound recording of Austin Hammond (Lukaax.ádi Clan), recorded August 2, 1991. Disc labeled ‘Austin Hammond, Fish Weir, B1’. Recorded Length 63 minutes 36 seconds, speaking in English. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.] Content: Speech about keeping Tlingit culture and traditions alive. Discusses Tlingit law. Talks about strength and strength training for boys. Discusses how children were raised traditionally.
Item 53: Sound recording of Austin Hammond (Lukaax.ádi Clan), recorded January 12, 1985 at Richard Dauenhauer’s home in Juneau. Length 63 minutes 37 seconds. Numbered B # 2. Speaking in Tlingit. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.] Content: Austin Hammond, Lukaax.ádi tells the story of how raven talked the hawk to help bring the fire to the people of the earth, how raven put the spirit into all things of the earth, and how raven got fire. Austin uses the story to encourage young people by telling them that sometimes difficult or painful things will happen to a people but there is always good that follows. He also makes a prediction that this is the way it might be with the work people are doing on the language, culture, history, tradition, customs and beliefs so they are to take courage. Ideal item for Native education. Speaking in Tlingit, no English translation, told to the Tlingit youth for educational purposes. 3 copies.
Item 54: Sound recording of Austin Hammond (Lukaax.ádi Clan), labeled “Austin Hammond, B #5,” recorded May 20, 1993 [or 3/23/1974?]. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.] Content: Hammond appears to be speaking publicly about Tlingit culture, history, and the Tlingit way of life. Part of the recording contains singing of dancing groups.
Item 55: Audio recording of Austin Hammond (Lukaax.ádi clan) speaking in English, recorded May 20, 1993. Disc labeled ‘Austin Hammond, B #8’. Recorded May 20, 1993. Length 48 minutes 10 seconds. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.] Content: Talks about the Spirit. Talks about how stories should be told. Tells story about how Raven Got Water for the People and became black in the process.
Item 56: Sound recording, labeled ‘Austin Hammond w/ Naakahidi White Sail, Jeremy’s Tape, B #9’. Recorded 1993. Length 77 minutes 49 seconds. Speaker Austin Hammond. Tells about contact with the first Europeans. Discusses traditional food. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.]
Item 57: Sound recording, labeled ‘Austin Hammond, Prayer – Raven & Fire, Naakahidi, Jeremy’s Tape, B #10’. Recorded 1993. Length 30 minutes 1 second. Speaker Austin Hammond. Tells stories about Raven. Disc has sound issues. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.]
Item 58: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Austin Hammond, Naakahidi, Jeremy’s tape, B #11’. Recorded 1993. Length 52 minutes 57 seconds. Tells a story about how the Sun married a Tlingit woman. Mentions Mountain House and discusses the importance of houses to the Tlingit. Tells more stories. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.]
Item 59: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Austin Hammond, Sockeye Clan MTG Cont., Tape 2, B#12’. Recorded March 7, 1992. Speaker Austin Hammond. Tells stories to teach the people gathered. Discussion of land rights. Format; CD and cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.]
Item 60: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Austin Hammond, “How We Got the Spirit”, C #1’. Recorded June 18 - 20, 1993. Length 55 minutes 37 seconds. Speaker Austin Hammond. Tells story about land otter and how one should deal with a land otter. Provides information on land otter behavior. Talks about the Spirit believed by the Tlingit people, and tells stories about the Spirit. Format; CD and original cassette. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.]
Item 61: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Austin Hammond, “How We Got The Spirit”, C #2’. Recorded June 19-21, 1993. Length 61 minutes 18 seconds. Speaker Austin Hammond. Tells stories, including one about how Raven trained his nephew, one about marriage customs, and one about the Tlingit people canoeing out to the first Russian ship. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.]
Item 62: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Austin Hammond, “How We Got The Spirit”, C #3’. Recorded June 20, 1993. Length 57 minutes 29 seconds. Speaker Austin Hammond. Tells story about how the Tlingit people started trading with the Russians. Discusses first interactions with the Russians and Russian activity. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.]
Item 63: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Austin Hammon[d], “How We Got The Spirit”, C #4’. Recorded June 21, 1993. Length 63 minutes 9 seconds. Speaker Austin Hammond. Talks about the Spirit and Tlingit beliefs. Tells a story to teach that people should respect everything, for everything has a spirit. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.]
Item 64: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Austin Hammond, “How We Got The Spirit”, C #5’. Recorded June 22, 1993 in Haines, Alaska. Length 12 minutes 41 seconds. Speaker Austin Hammond. Remembering what his grandfather had taught him. Mentions dancing at the Bear House with the Mosquito Mask. Talks about being alone and lonely. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.]
Item 65: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Austin Hammond, “How We Got The Spirit” edited, C #6’. Length 11 minutes 20 seconds. Speaker Austin Hammond. Tells the story of how the Tlingit ‘got the Spirit’. Discusses the importance of the Spirit and how everything has a spirit. [Original cassette in Oversized Box 1.]
Item 66: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, No. 1 Klukwan, H #1’. Recorded May 5, 1972. Length 61 minutes 50 seconds. Speeches and singing in Tlingit. Recording of dance group(s) performing. First 30 minutes of the recording is blank.
Item 67: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #2 A’. Length 61 minutes 19 seconds. Speech in Tlingit. Recording of dance group(s) performing.
Item 68: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #2 B’. Recorded May 1972. Length 63 minutes 47 seconds. Recording of dance group(s) performing. Speeches in Tlingit.
Item 69: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #3 A’. Recorded May 1972. Length 62 minutes 27 seconds. Conversing in Tlingit. Speeches in Tlingit.
Item 70: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #3 B’. Recorded May 1972. Length 60 minutes 2 seconds. Recording of dance group(s) performing. Speeches in Tlingit.
Item 71: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, day 2, H #4 A, Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut] & Austin Hammond & Dances’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska. Length 47 minutes 37 seconds. Speech by David Katzeek. Shangukeidí dancers perform. More speeches are given.
Item 72: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, day 2, H #4 B, Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut], Austin Hammond, & Dances’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska. 45 minutes 25 seconds. Speech in Tlingit, translated into English. Dancers perform, possibly Klukwan group. 2 copies [second labeled ‘Shungookeidee House Party, day 2, H #5 B’].
Item 73: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, day 2, H #5 A, Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut], Austin Hammond, & Dancers’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska. Length 46 minutes 29 seconds. Speech by David Katzeek. Shangukeidí dancers perform.
Item 74: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #6 A’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska. Length 62 minutes 26 seconds. Recording of dance group(s) performing. Speeches given in Tlingit.
Item 75: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #6 B’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska. Length 62 minutes 13 seconds. Speeches in Tlingit. A lot of background chatter.
Item 76: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #7 A’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska. Length 64 minutes 18 seconds. Speeches in Tlingit. No English translation.
Item 77: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #7 A’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska. Length 61 minutes 59 seconds. Speeches in Tlingit, no English translation.
Item 78: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #8 A’. Recorded May 5, 1972 in Haines, Alaska. Length 63 minutes 47 seconds. Speeches in Tlingit, no English translation. A lot of background chatter.
Item 79: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #8 B’. Recorded May 5, 1972 in Haines, Alaska. Length 42 minutes 56 seconds. Speeches in Tlingit, no English translation. One Tlingit song performed.
Item 80: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #9 A’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska. Length 48 minutes 2 seconds. Dance group performs one song. Speeches in Tlingit, no English translation. A lot of background chatter.
Item 81: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Shungookeidee [Shangukeidí] House Party, H #9 B’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska. Length 46 minutes 8 seconds. Dance group(s) perform. Speeches in Tlingit, no English translation.
Item 82: Sound recording of the Shangukeidí House Party, H #10’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska.
Item 83: Sound recording of the Shangukeidí House Party, H #11’. Recorded May 1972 in Haines, Alaska.
Item 84: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Jennie [Thlunaut] Life History, F #1 A’. Length 47 minutes 17 seconds. Speaker Jennie Thlunaut (Shax’saani Kéek’, Eagle/Wolf). Talks about memories and family history. 2 copies on CD. [second labeled ‘Jennie [Thlunaut] Life History, F #3 A’]. [Original cassettes for these recordings are located in oversized box shadow box.]
Item 85: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Jennie [Thlunaut] Life History, 1 B’. Length 45 minutes 36 seconds. Speaker Jennie Thlunaut (Shax’saani Kéek’, Eagle/Wolf). Provides information about gathering and preparation of traditional foods. 2 copies [second labeled ‘Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut] Life History, F #3 B’].
Item 86: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut], F #2 A’. Recorded in Klukwan. Length 46 minutes 4 minutes. Speaker Jennie Thlunaut (Shax’saani Kéek’, Eagle/Wolf). Talks about life history and memories. 2 copies [second labeled ‘Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut] Life History, F #4 B’].
Item 87: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut], F #2 B’. Length 45 minutes 47 seconds. Speaker Jennie Thlunaut (Shax’saani Kéek’, Eagle/Wolf). Talks about her and her mother making and selling baskets. Talks about her memories and life history.
Item 88: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Junn[ie] [Thlunaut] Life History, F #4 A’. Length 46 minutes 53 seconds. Speaker Jennie Thlunaut (Shax’saani Kéek’, Eagle/Wolf). Talking in Tlingit. Talks about making and selling and trading baskets. Talks about what she learned from her mother.
Item 89: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut], Haines 7-8 May, F #5’. Recorded in Haines, Alaska. Length 63 minutes 39 seconds. Speaker Jennie Thlunaut (Shax’saani Kéek’, Eagle/Wolf). Tells stories and talks about memories. Talks about life history.
Item 90: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut] with Jim Gordon from Cy Peck Jr. Collection, F #6’. Recorded August 30, 1981. Length 42 minutes 9 seconds. Speakers Speaker Jennie Thlunaut (Shax’saani Kéek’, Eagle/Wolf). Talks about working and her home(s). Talks about her life history.
Item 91: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut] & Merril Sides, 3/18/74, 1972, D #1’. Recorded in 1972 or March 18, 1974. Length 57 minutes 55 seconds. Speaker Jennie Thlunaut (Shax’saani Kéek’, Eagle/Wolf). Talks about life history. Speaks in Tlingit at some points, with no English translation.
Item 92: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut] & Merril Sides 1972, D #2’. Recorded in 1972. Length 58 minutes 49 seconds. Speaker Jennie Thlunaut (Shax’saani Kéek’, Eagle/Wolf). Talks about memories and life history. Speaks in Tlingit at some points, some is translated into English.
Item 93: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Jenn[ie] [Thlunaut] & Merril Sides 1972, D #3’. Recorded in 1972. Length 56 minutes 36 seconds. Talks about baskets. Speaks in Tlingit at some points, no English translation.
Item 94: Audio recording of Johnny C. Jackson (1893-1995) (Raven moiety, Kaach.ádi clan, Sitkweidí yádi) of Kake, recorded at Kake in 1981. Length 28 minutes 51 seconds. Speaking in Tlingit. Content review by DK: Jackson drums and sings several Tlingit songs. Content includes songs and stories about the Tsimshian connection to Kake, songs relative to Kake (such as a Raven peace song), Tlingit names, and mention of the 1926 burning of totems and regalia at Kake. Two copies; 28 minutes in length.
Item 95: Sound recording, disc labeled ‘Demmert’. Recorded in February [year unknown]. Length 69 minutes 56 seconds. Speaker Emmert Demmert. Talks about his experience going to school and then experience as a Tlingit teacher.
Item 96: Audiovisual recording of Clarence Jackson interviewing Walter A. Soboleff about Dog Salmon Clan Names, recording in Tlingit, dated 2/6/2009. Format; DVD, 1 copy. [disc malfunctions sometimes and will not play]
Item 97: Audiovisual recording of Clarence Jackson speaking in Tlingit in the Sealaska Building Boardroom, 3/23/2006. Format; DVD, 1 copy.
Item 98: Audio recording of a public event attributed to Angoon, undated, three CDs. Speaking is nearly all in the Tlingit language. Disc three contains part of a religious sermon in the English language, possibly by Robert Zuboff [Note: the original CDs are articulated as set of 4, but CD 2 of 4 is missing and not included in this listing]
Item 99: Audio recording of a discussion between Herman Kitka (Kaagwaantaan) and George Ramos (Luknaax.ádi) speaking about Luknaax.ádi at.óow formerly held by Kitka, but now apparently housed by the Sheldon Jackson Museum and how the items were placed at the museum by Kitka. Discussion concerns the complexity of how Kitka came into the possession of the Luknaax.ádi items (from his father), and how Ramos wants them returned to his clan (kindly contesting Kitka’s right to hold them for the Luknaax.ádi). Recorded April 26, 2007 by an unidentified interviewer, CD. 1 hour and 8 minutes. Speaking is nearly all in the Tlingit language. English language notes from review of fluent Tlingit speaker in 2011 in file; inquire with archivist.
Item 100: Audio recording attributed to “Mrs. Willard, Alice Lee, Jennie Thlunaut, and Elizabeth David,” undated. Recording contains speaking and singing entirely in the Tlingit language. Two copies, CD format.
Item 101: Audiovisual recording of Johnny C. Jackson (1893-1995) (Raven moiety, Kaach.ádi clan, Sitkweidí yádi) of Kake speaking and singing in the Tlingit language at Kake, undated but circa 1970. Format: DVD migrated from ½” open reel in 2010. [Open reel in Oversized Box 1.] Label on reel reads “Johnny C. Jackson, Peace Dance.” 31 minutes in length. Content by Fred White; A) Jackson is telling the story about the song that is sung after an event of someone becoming a Guwakaan (Deer – Peacemaker); B) The song is sung to the Children of both sides of which the trouble was between; C) Talking about the peacefulness of the Deer why it’s chosen to symbolize the peace between the troubles; D) There are a lot songs but he wishes to sing two of them so our children will hear them; E) Shaman Spirit Helper Song (Yéik Utée); F) Learned song from Uncles and Grandparents (Ye Ghooch Yee shee dei ei); G) A song composed by his in-law, a song he had composed for himself; and H) Asyát’s Song composed by himself.
Item 102: Audio recording (part 1) of an Angoon [?] potlatch or koo.éex’ migrated from open reel to CD. All singing and speaking is in the Tlingit language. Label on the recording reads “Cyril Zuboff” of Angoon who may have made the recording. This recording of this potlatch is continued in the following item (part 2). Two CDs from migration with two copies of each CD, open reel included. [Original reel in Oversized Box 1.] 128 minutes in length.
In December 2011 Items 102-03 were reviewed by fluent Tlingit speaker David Katzeek via an IMLS grant, and Katzeek felt it was a potlatch hosted by the Wooshkeetaan Clan or the Eagle clans, for one of the Raven clans. The gathering appears to include all the clans of Angoon, with Eagle and Raven clans fulfilling potlatch protocols and duties. The recording contains detailed clan histories, clan names, information on at.óow, and oratory. Also included is a story about a Kiks.ádi grandson who goes to war against the Russians in 1802/04. Katzeek felt this recording was very important and significant. Notes from Katzeek’s review are available upon researcher request.
Item 103: Audio recording (part 2) of an Angoon koo.éex held in 1961, migrated from open reel to CD. All singing and speaking is in the Tlingit language. Label on the recording reads “Angoon Potlatch”. The recording of this potlatch is continued in the previous item (part 1). Three CDs from migration with two copies of each CD, open reel included. [Original reel in Oversized Box 1.] 130 minutes in length.
Item 104: Audio recording of Louis Shotridge telling the story Origin of the Mosquito in Tlingit, circa 1910s, 5 minutes in length. Audio quality varies. Original cylinders in the possession of the Indiana University Archives of Traditional Music; deposited with permission.
Item 105: Audio recordings of Louis Shotridge speaking and singing in Tlingit, circa 1910s, 10 minutes in length. CD contains 5 tracks, each containing a short recording from an original cylinder. Audio quality varies. Two CDs, each has different pitch for audio quality. Original cylinders in the possession of the Indiana University Archives of Traditional Music; deposited with permission.
Item 106: Audio recording of Horace [Marks?], label reads “Yakutat Teikweidí,” circa mid-1980s, 6:26 in length. Speaking in Tlingit, with a few questions in English about the history of a tunic given at Celebration 1982.
Item 107: Audio recording of Cyril George Sr. telling the story of the Beaver from Basket Bay, recorded on 11/14/2002 at SHI by interviewer Donald Gregory. Speaking in English, 17 minutes in length. Cassette and CD format.
Item 108: Audio recording of Louise Williams speaking about Gaanaxteidí houses in Klukwan, including the Valley, Raven, and Whale Houses, recorded 12/15/1992. Speaking primarily all in Tlingit. This recording may have been generated in connection with the Whale House Trial (Chilkat Indian Village, IRA, v. Johnson). Format: original cassette and CD.
Item 109: Audio recording of Robert Zuboff speaking on “Angoon History,” undated. Details the story of Basket Bay and other areas. The Basket Bay story on this recording was published in the Dauenhauer & Dauenhauer publication. Speaking in Tlingit. Format; copy on CD and cassette.
Item 110: Audio recording of Mary Thlunaut speaking in English and Tlingit on Shangukeidí names, undated. Format; copy on CD and cassette.
Item 111: Audio recording with label reading “Kooshdakaa stories,” by Marie Ackerman/Joseph, undated. Speaking primarily in English. Format; copy on CD and cassette.
Item 112: Audio visual recording labeled “Clarence Jackson interviewing Dr. Walter Soboleff and Cyril George on regalia, including clan hats,” dated 9-24-2009. Format; DVD.
Item 113: Audio recording of Frank Italio and Minnie Johnson, recorded at Yakutat in 1952 by Frederica de Laguna. Recording contains Frank Italio telling the Story of Raven and the Tide. Audio quality is good. 47 minutes in length. Format; two CD copies and open reel. [Original reel in Oversized Box 2.]
Item 114: Audio recording of an interview of Annie Lee Hotch at Klukwan or Haines, interviewed by Ed Warren and an unidentified man, 12/9/1992. Much of the recording is in the Tlingit language, with some English dialog and translation, and contains Hotch speaking about her biological family genealogy, her clan, clan house (Brown Bear House), and Tlingit culture. This recording may have been generated in connection with the Whale House Trial (Chilkat Indian Village, IRA, v. Johnson). Format; CD and two cassettes.
Item 115: Audio recordings of interviews with Bill Brady and Albert Davis, interviewed by Rosita Worl at Sitka, 4/7/1994. Recordings contain English language discussion with Bill Brady (Kiks.ádi Clan) on Tlingit culture, including a discussion focusing on the topic of how some Tlingit have engaged in Raven/Raven marriages (and Eagle/Eagle). The Davis interview is primarily in the Tlingit language and contains information on Tlingit culture and history. Mention is made of Russia battles with the Tlingit in 1802 and 1804. Format; two CDs and two cassettes. [cassettes in case inside Oversized Box 2]
Item 116: Audio recording label on reads; “Hoonah party in memory of the late Jimmie Marks, held in Hoonah, Alaska, Oct. 1968.” Label on one reel reads “Haines, May ’68 – 750, Marks Trail, Indian Songs.” A review of the recording determined that these recordings appear to contain a clan, dance group (Marks Trail?), or group of individuals (Raven or Eagles) practicing songs in preparation for the memorial party for Marks. The group does not self-identify for the recording. A detailed list of the songs—all sung in Tlingit—can be provided; notes in file; contact the archivist. Format; two CDs (side A and B) and the original two open reels. [The second reel may need to be migrated, as only one reel appears to have been migrated.] [Original reels in Oversized Box 2.]
Item 117: Audio recording of David Katzeek, Shangukeidí, undated, but circa 2000. Explains memorial practices and protocol, Songs are sung at koo.éex’ for loved one, or Thunderbird clan leader/member. First song: Boat Song, memorial song. Second song: Sun Children Song. Composed before flood, sang as children were being lowered from the sun. In conjunction to clan house; House Lowered from the Sun. 11 minutes in length. Format; CD and original cassette.
Item 118: Audio recordings labeled “Katherine Mills and John Marks,” but is a recording of the Hoonah koo.éex for the late Jimmy Marks. Includes songs, oratory, speaking, and receiving money (calling out amount and names in memoriam). Speaking in Tlingit. 70 minutes in length. Format; 1 CD and two cassettes. [cassettes in case inside Oversized Box 2]
Item 119: Audio recordings labeled “Tlingit songs” and “Indian songs,” undated, location unknown. One recording contains songs, followed by a biological lecture, the second contains traditional stories associated with what appears to be the Chookaneidi and Lukaax.ádi Clans. Format; two CDs and two cassettes.
Item 120: Audio recording labeled “George Dalton potlatch,” undated, location unknown, but most likely at Hoonah. One identified speaker is Jessie Dalton, former Naa Tláa of the T’akdeintaan Clan of Hoonah. Speaking, singing, and oratory all in Tlingit. 60 minutes in length. Format; CD and original cassette.
Item 121: Audio recording of informal conversation with Jim Austin Jr. at the Kooteeya Bar in Hoonah, recorded by an unidentified Tlingit or Haida woman, dated 7/26/1989. Content includes conversation about Hoonah place names and Hoonah history. Speaking primarily in English. Format; CD and original cassette.
Item 122: Audiovisual recording entitled A Monument, produced by the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska, 1971. 32 minutes in length. Description: black and white audiovisual recording documenting the raising of the World’s Tallest Totem Pole in 1971 located at Kake, Alaska. Formats; DVD and open reel. [Migrated from reel to DVD in 2010]
Item 124: Audio recording/interview of Richard and Nora Marks Dauenhauer speaking about Tlingit elder Frank G. Johnson (1894-1982) and Tlingit leadership and humility, interviewed by Ishmael Hope, March 26, 2011. Formats; CD and cassette. 20 minutes in length.
Item 125: Audio recording of Clarence Jackson (Tsaagweidí Clan) summarizing an oral history recording he had recently conducted with John Bremner of Yakutat on the migration history of the Yakutat Tlingit, recording at Sealaska Heritage Institute, 5/19/2000. Speaking in English. Length; 21 minutes long. Format; original cassette and CD (migrated in 2012). Content; Jackson articulates that Bremner’s health was failing due to his advanced stages of cancer treatment, and the interview was difficult, and Jackson summarizes their discussion and the history of migrations in the Yakutat area. Includes an oratory on the origins of the tinaa copper; migration over the ice cap and Copper River; migration inland during a period of climate change; and group/clan from Sitka moved to Yakutat.
Item 126: Audio recording and interview of Jennie Lindoff (Aan Shéix´ of the Chookaneidí Clan) of Hoonah, interview conducted in the Hoonah Presbyterian Church by an unidentified Tlingit woman, dated 7/26/1989. Speaking in English. Length; 56 minutes long. Format; original cassette and CD (migrated in 2012). Content includes biographical information about Jennie Lindoff, her family, and her views on life and Tlingit culture.
Item 127: Audio recordings concerning Tlingit 14(h)1 sites and the history of Land Claims, dating to 1984 and 1985. Side A of the cassette recording is labeled “John Autry, Ethel McKinnon, and Vida Davis, 4/1/94” and contains speaking on their work to document 14(h)1 sites in Southeast Alaska, in conjunction with anthropologist Thomas Thornton. 21 minutes in length. Side B of recording is labeled “Harvey Marvin [speaking] about Harry Marvin [and] Land Claims,” recorded at Sealaska Heritage Institute, 1995. Recording begins with Marvin speaking about a halibut hook at Sealaska Heritage Institute, then the conversation shifts to the history and his involvement in Land Claims, ANB, and the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida. 32 minutes in length. Formats; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012].
Item 128: Short audio recording made by Tlingit elder Jim Walton (Kaagwaantaan Clan) for Ted Wright, detailing the pronunciation and words on the Tlingit Kaagwaantaan name being given to Ted Wright, 5/31/1997. 3 minutes in length. Formats; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012].
Item 129: Audio recording and interview of Byron Skinner Sr. (b. 1932) and Millie Stevens of Klawock about traditional knowledge of salmon, interviewed by anthropologist Stephen Langdon of UAA and Yarrow Varra of SHI, dated 8/5/2003, recorded at Klawock. Skinner interview is 48 minutes in length [marked Tape 1 of 2]; Stevens interview is 42 minutes in length. Formats; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012].
Item 130: Audio recording of informal discussion of Tlingit life, politics, education, and other issues of the day, recorded May 14, 1985 in Sitka by Andrew Hope III. Tape 1 of 2. Format; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012]. Content and content note: this recording is informal conversation over dinner, recorded by Andrew Hope III. Those speaking include Mable Milonich and Candance Burger, and Ethel Staton. Content includes; politics, Sheldon Jackson school training, missionaries, assimilation, Native corporation politics, sawmills in Saxman, and more.
Item 131: Audio recording of informal discussion of Tlingit life, politics, education, and other issues of the day, recorded May 14, 1985 in Sitka by Andrew Hope III. Tape 2 of 2. Format; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012]. Content and content note: this recording is informal conversation over dinner, recorded by Andrew Hope III. Those speaking include Mable Milonich and Candance Burger, and Ethel Staton. Content includes; politics, missionaries, assimilation, land claims, the Tsimshian, and Metlakatla.
Item 132: Audio recording and interview of Embert Demmert about his life and work as an educator, interviewed by Richard and Nora Marks Dauenhauer, possibly at Klawock (or Juneau), 2/23/1994. 73 minutes in length. Format; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012]. Content; an interview with Demmert primarily about what it was like to be educated, an educator, a Tlingit man in this position, and his life in general. Some discussion about his time serving during World War II. Note: about half of this recording is inaudible, while other parts are clear.
Item 133: Audio recording and interview of Sam Hanlon Sr. (S'tu wut it'l geh) (1926-2011) of the Wooshkeetaan and Katherine Hanlon, Hoonah, 7/25/1989. 82 minutes in length. Format; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012]. Content: oral history interview with the Hanlons about their lives, family history, Tlingit culture, life in Hoonah, and concerns about Glacier Bay National Park limiting Tlingit subsistence.
Item 134: Audio recording labeled “Mildred Sparks, ANB, Tape 101” but content does not appear to concern ANB, circa 1980s, location unknown, possibly Klukwan or Haines. 97 minutes in length. Format; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012]. Speaking in English and Tlingit. Content, Side A contains a discussion among a dance group about what songs to sing in relation to protocol and cultural practice, Side B contains song practices, then recording abruptly stops, and Rosita Worl and Andrew Hope [?] are asking Tlingit women about Sitka clan houses, Kaagwaantaan houses.
Item 135: Audio recording labeled “Tlingit party,” but is Lukaax.ádi Clan party, circa 1970, Klukwan. 34 minutes in length. Format; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012]. Contains oratory and singing in Tlingit, about half of the content is in English. A primary speaker includes Austin Hammond. Note; this was a Lukaax.ádi Clan party, and the Eagle clans were the guests. The audio quality of this recording is poor. Content includes; David Kadashan speaking (end of his speech is captured); then many oratory responses occur (perhaps by Cecilia Kunz and Jessie Dalton—audio quality is poor); one response mentions Stoowukháa (Louis Shotridge) and the taking of clan at.óowu. Audio quality of recording is poor and conversations are hard to hear.
Item 136: Audio recording of a Tlingit Lukaax.ádi Clan party, circa 1970, Klukwan, continued from the previous recording. 64 minutes in length. Format; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012]. Speaking mostly in Tlingit, with some English. Contains oratory and singing in Tlingit. A primary speaker includes Austin Hammond. Note; this was a Lukaax.ádi Clan party, and the Eagle clans were the guests. Content includes; a woman calls of names of deceased family members and speaks about coming to the party; Austin Hammond speaks about Yeil Yatee at.óow; then various songs are sung, including Lukaax.ádi, Gaanaxteidí, Kaagwaantaan; then a call for guests, their reasons for coming, and a call for money is started. Rosita Worl’s voice is heard on the recording.
Item 137: Audio recording labeled; Side A labeled “Peace Ceremony, Haines [and] Chilkoot Party, 8/23/1980.” Side B labeled “Haines Potlatch ANB Hall, Jessie Dalton, George Dalton, 8/23/1980. Women of the Navy, Kaagwaantaan.”” This may concern the peace ceremony hosted by Austin Hammond and others featured in the film Haa Shagoon. Appears to be from the Rosita Worl collection. Primarily contains Austin Hammond, George Davis, and Walter Soboleff speaking. Format; Cassette and CD. Most of the content is in the Tlingit language. Content includes; (Side A) explanation and discussion by Hammond about what a peace ceremony is and a peace maker, and why people were speaking about the situation as captured in Haa Shagoon; followed by three songs/chants; Hammond speaks about the Chilkoot/Chilkat area and its connection to his people; a Kaagwaantaan love song is performed; then oratory/speeches are given, with protocols of ravens and eagles speaking and thanking; including words from Naa Tlaa Jessie Dalton; oratory by Jessie Dalton, speaking about her people during the floods and how they lived on the tops of the mountains and how ropes were present. (Side B): Jessie Dalton continues with oratory and then a love song about the T’akdeintaaní Yatx´ee; her words are followed my many who respond with respectful and proper oratory and song; then George Davis speaks about the Tlingit relocation to the coast after the great flood; Edward Kunz speaks about the Kaagwaantaan claim to the U.S. naval uniforms, how the navy killed a Tlingit man at Haines/Klukwan and never made amends for the harm, and this is why the Kaagwaantaan claim the naval crest/uniform (how this was acknowledged at the Last Great Potlatch in Sitka in 1904); then Austin Hammond responds, followed by more oratory/responses and then gifts are given to Austin for his work as a peacemaker.
Item 138: Audio recording labeled “Tlingit songs, sounds like Marks Trail [Dancers] songs,” undated. 12 minutes in length. Format; original cassette and migrated CD.
Item 139: Audio recording labeled “Tlingit speeches, Klukwan,” undated. Format; original cassette and CD [migrated in 2012]. About half of the content is in the Tlingit language, with English comprising the remaining. Audio quality is poor. Appears to be a copy of Item 135 of this collection.
Item 140: Audiovisual and audio recording of Clarence Jackson speaking about the importance of being present, recorded at SHI, 3-11/2008. Speaking in Tlingit and English. Format; two DVDs and two audio CDs.
Item 141: Audiovisual recording of Walter A. Soboleff being interviewed by Clarence Jackson and anthropologist Chuck Smythe about aspects of Tlingit art, recorded at SHI, 12-31-2007. Speaking in English. Format; two DVDs. Content; interview about the nature of Tlingit property law, the nature of Chilkat robes, clan property ownership aspects, how some pieces of regalia are now becoming personally owned (as opposed to clan owned like in the past), and other.
Item 142: Audio recording of the Marks Trail Dancers, May 1968, location unknown. 51 minutes in length. Format: CD. Migrated from original reel in 2012; from the Rosita Worl collection. Speaking and singing in Tlingit and English; performances and discussions of the dance group.
Item 143: Audio recording of the Marks Trail Dancers, January 1970, location unknown. 174 minutes in length. Format: 3 CDs. Migrated from original reel in 2012; from the Rosita Worl collection. Speaking and singing in Tlingit and English; performances and discussions of the dance group.
Item 144: Audio recording labeled “Jimmy Marks” and is a recording of a Chookaneidi party or koo.éex, circa 1975, location likely Hoonah. 56 minutes in length. Appears to contain Jimmy Marks, Austin Hammond, Tom Jimmy (Sx´andá.oo), and others (all identified by their Tlingit names) speaking and singing in Tlingit at a koo.éex. The koo.éex may have been hosted by Jimmy Marks or another Chookaneidi individual. Format; original cassette and CD. Migrated from cassette in 2012. Consult notes in file for a more detailed content explanation. Content includes: Side A: Koo.éex oratory; ooshgaashú whee [a removal of grief chant] is chanted five times, distribution of food, guest expression of appreciation, Austin Hammond speaks, discussion of a brown bear vest being transferred, placing an object of cultural patrimony on the host of the party, Austin Hammond speaks, song begins, oratory by male speaker, and songs. Side B: Speaker calls out the names of those that will sing, unidentified woman speaks briefly, a Kaagwaantaan song is sung, Tom Jimmy gives a very traditional oratorical speech, then a Shangukeidí love song about Thunderbird children is sang, followed by additional Shangukeidí songs, then the host clan begin singing a Chookaneidí love song.
Item 145: Audio recording labeled “Wickersham. It is likely the Marks Trail Dancers, given a song they sing, “Ch’a Aadéi Unatéeghaa,” a Lukaax.ádi Cry Song, often popularly known as the Tlingit National Anthem. 6 minutes, three songs.
Item 146: Audio recording of Klukwan elder George Stevens, of the Gaanaxteidí, discussing the origin of the Wolf Hat. 19 minutes.
Item 147: Audio recording labeled “Tlingit Song.” It contains one minute of unidentified women singing an unidentified song.
Item 148: Audio recording of Ed Kunz Sr. and Cecilia Kunz, possibly being interviewed by the BIA for place-name research, discussing Aak’w Kwáan (Juneau) place names and the clans that own them.
Item 149: Audio recording of Jenny Marks, Mrs. Bert Dennis, and others having an informal conversation in Tlingit.
Item 150: Audio recording labeled “Candy at Petersburg” in which one woman and one man discuss the basics of Tlingit culture for a classroom. Native educators and researchers of the Indian Education programs and the self-determination era may find this recording useful.
Item 151: Audio recording labeled “June 19, 1975 Klukwan, Alaska, Klukwan Inc. Meeting” 6.19.1975. Cassette Tape format.
Item 152: Audio recording labeled “Dog Point, Introduction to Tlingit Language – Fish Camp. Begins with a song composed for SHI by Harold Jacobs.” Cassette Tape format.
Item 153: Audio recording labeled “Cross Mountain Dancers, June 16, 1974” and contains a recording of this Tlingit dance group’s performance at Sitka, dance group leader was Ray Neilson. Cassette tape format.
Item 154: Audio recording labeled “Herbert Mercer, Frank Mercer, on ANB founders and his own life,” dated 2/25/1993. Cassette tape format.
Item 155: Audiovisual recording of Tlingit Peter Jack’s memorial service/koo.éex, Jan. 5, 2007, recording by Kathy Dye, SHI staff. 8mm digital videocassette format.
Item 156: Audio recording labeled “ANB Service for Rodger Lang, Sealaska BOD, 1984.” Cassette tape format.
Item 157: Audiovisual recording of Robert Loescher speaking about the founding of Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority, Oct. 23, 2012, recording by Kathy Dye, SHI Staff. DVD format.
Item 158: Audio recording labeled “Gaanax.ádi Cry Song, Taantá Kwáan,” undated. Contains a group singing in Tlingit this song. 6 minutes in length. CD format.
Item 159: Audiovisual recording labeled “Anna Ehlers, Tape 12,” and “Roy Iutzi-Mitchell interview, Tape 11. Tape 12 shows the Chilkat weaving of Tlingit weaver of Anna Ehlers with Ehlers speaking about her life, weaving, and history of her experience as a weaver, then the recording shows footage of a weavers gathering and weavers working and talking informally, at UAS, circa 2000. Tape 11 shows an interview with linguist Roy Iutzi-Mitchell. Tape 12 is 60 minutes in length. CD-R format, VHS format.
Item 160: Audiovisual recording of the memorial service/koo.éex for Tlingit elder Charlotte Young, recorded 9/29-30/1984. Five discs, CD-R format, One VHS format. Speaking in Tlingit and English.
Item 161: Audiovisual recording labeled “Totem Heritage Center, Tlingits from SE AK, 2 & 3,” and is a recording primarily capturing Tlingit individuals at the Ketchikan Totem Heritage Center being instructed by George Ramos about dance and cultural protocols, dated 1992. CD-R format, VHS format. 1 hour and 14 minutes in length. [some content, the first track, is not connected with this recording]
Item 162: Moving image recording labeled “Indian dancing, Alaska Ku-Tee-Yaa [Kuteeyaa] Dancers,” location unknown, undated, but circa 1990. 35 minutes in length. CD-R format. Appears to have been migrated from VHS to CD-R.
Item 163: Audio recording labeled “songs sung by George, both in Tlingit and English,” undated. CD-R format.
Item 164: Audiovisual recording of a group of Juneau Tlingit adults and youth harvesting and discussing Devil’s Club, circa 1995, labeled “Tape 10, part 2, Teen Camp.” Identified individuals include Eric Morrison.
Item 165: Audiovisual recording of program aired on television in 2007 entitled Listening to Our Ancestors, a Smithsonian production, which discussed Tlingit life, history, language, and art, geared to educate the wider American audience about the Tlingit. 1 hour and 2 minutes in length. DVD format. Content: includes words by elder David Katzeek, language teacher Hans Chester, artist Clarissa Rizal, and others.
Item 166: Audiovisual recordings of the 1993 Conference of Clans held in Klukwan and Haines, Alaska. CD-R format. Disc 1 & 2 included.
Item 167: Audiovisual recording of a Tlingit dance performance held in Juneau at the Gold Metal sporting event, 2000. CD-R format and VHS. 5 minutes in length.
Item 168: Audio recordings attributed to the Native History Institute, Skagway News, and includes words from Tlingit individuals about history and the current happenings in Skagway. Speakers include Jeff Brady, Byron Mallott, Alex Stevens, Marion Kelm, and words by “Grandma Katzeek,” undated. Four CD-R format.
Item 169: Audiovisual recording labeled “Winter and Pond: Alaska Native Culture Views,” undated. Formats; one Beta videocassette and three 8mm video cassettes. Content indication; likely a recording showing or discussing Alaska Natives captured by the Winter and Pond photograph collection at the Alaska State Library, Juneau.
Item 170: Audiovisual recording labeled “Arts & Crafts, Ruth Lokke,” undated. Recording mostly likely concerns Tlingit Ruth Lokke (1923-2003), T’laa yak klaa, Wooshkeetaan Clan, Share House, and child of the T’akdeintaan. Format: 8mm video cassette and CD-R [CD did not work in 2012].
Item 171: Audiovisual recording labeled “UAM Totem Pole Raising, 10/21/1988.” VHS format.
Item 172: Audiovisual recording entitled Chilkoot Culture Camp, by Howard Morgon Productions, undated. 12 minutes in length. VSH format. 2 copies.
Item 173: Audiovisual recordings from the Sitka Community Cultural Retreat meetings, held 4/23-24/1993, VHS Tapes 1-4. (two copies but lacking Tape 1) Labels read “Friday evening; The Woman Who Married the Bear; Glacier Bay History; and Tlingit Oratory.” Seven VHS cassettes.
Item 174: Audiovisual recording labeled “Portland Poetry Festival, Aug. 9, 1991, Richard & Nora Marks Dauenhauer.” Appears to show the Dauenhauers speaking about their work with the Tlingit language and poetry. VHS format.
Item 175: Audiovisual recording labeled “Poetics & Politics: Native American Readings Series, University of Arizona, Tucson, Feb. 10, 1992, Nora Marks Dauenhauer.” Appears to show Dauenhauer speaking about Tlingit language and poetry. VHS format.
Item 176: Audiovisual recording entitled Hoonah’s Legacy, circa 1990s. Shows information about the history of Hoonah, Alaska and its people and culture. VHS format.
Item 177: Audiovisual recording labeled “Jon Rowan: The Art of Tlingit Carving,” produced by Sun Shots Productions, circa 1990s. Shows Klawock Tlingit carver Rowan speaking about Tlingit art.
Item 178: Audiovisual recording attributed as being a Ketchikan workshop devoted to preserving songs and stories, circa 1990s. VHS format. Opening of film shows Tlingit George Ramos speaking.
Item 179: Audiovisual recording and except of KTOO News’s Currents program, featuring footage of a discussion in Kake about if Christianity is compatible with Native values, spirituality, and culture, dated 9/23/1992. VHS Format.
Item 180: Audiovisual recording of Tlingit and Alaska Rep. Senator Albert Kookesh speaking on “A Native on Alaska Issues” at the Egan Democratic Forum, 1/28/1999.
Item 181: Audio recording entitled Tlingit Lullabies, produced by Native, Inc. of Sitka, circa 2004. CD-R format. Includes George Davis speaking and singing in Tlingit.
Item 182: Audio recordings geared to aid with Tlingit language learning associated with Dog Point Fish Camp, produced by Native, Inc., circa 2004. Three CD-R format. Includes recordings from a retreat, an immersion experience, and a recording entitled “Tlingit language.” Includes speaking by John Martin, Irene Paul, and others.
Item 183: Audiovisual recording entitled Forest and Man, produced by USFS, 1966. 26 minutes in length. DVD-R format. Includes footage and interviews with Auk Tlingit individuals about the historic Auk village near Juneau.
Item 184: Audiovisual recording entitled “Flight of the Raven,” produced by Roy Peratrovich, Jr., 2008. Recording showcases how the Flight of the Raven Monument in Anchorage’s Peratrovich Park was created and dedicated in 2008. DVD format. Includes paper explanation by creator R. Peratrovich.
Item 185: Audiovisual recording entitled Auk w Noow, Marine Science Camp, Juneau-Douglas High School, USDA Juneau School District production, 2008. DVD format. Includes a recording about a Transitions program to teach high school students with place-based education on the topic of marine science and Native traditional ecological knowledge.
Item 186: Audio recording entitled The Keeping of Our Grandfathers Words, produced by Albert and Pauline Duncan, Sitka, 1998. Two cassettes. Recording geared to assist with Tlingit language learning.
Item 187: Audiovisual recording entitled Looking for the Past: A Story of Collaboration, undated. Recording showcasing the Tlingit collaboration with scholars on the human remains found near Klawock, Alaska.
Item 188: Audio recording labeled “Mrs. Chester James, partial copy of tape held by Peter Jack, Angoon, Was’ineidi, Teqweidi story,” undated. Digital Audio Recordable MD disk format.
Item 189: Audio recording labeled “Ida Kadashan Memorial Service, 3/6/2003.” Digital Audio Recordable MD disk format.
Item 190: Audio recording entitled “Cha’ aadei yei oona tee gaa-xawe, by Aanteeyeilee (Joe Wright), Juneau Tlingit Dancers ka xoooni, Story told by Xoot (Rachel Johnson),” undated. Cassette format. Contains Tlingit singing and transcription of song with cassette.
Item 191: Audiovisual recording of “John Hope – ANB memorial service, Oct. 6, 1999.” Format: Fuji P6-120 cassette [perhaps a Hi8 MP].
Item 192: Audiovisual recording of “Terry Pegues memorial,” and contains content concerning the memorial service held at the ANB hall for Terry Pegues (1931-2001). Format: Fuji Hi8 MP cassette. Two cassettes, numbered 1 and 2.
Item 193: Audio recording of William Thomas of Yakutat being interviewed by Judson Brown about Thomas’s life and father, as well as about Icy Bay and Point Maymbe, circa 1980s. Format; cassette and two CDs (Sides A & B), migrated in 2013. Speaking in the Tlingit language. Note: this appears to be William S. Thomas (1911-1988) (Lwoosh-Kaan) of the Teikweidí clan, Drum House, but this needs to be confirmed. Recording provides some speaking about the history of the Yaxhte Hit, Big Dipper House, L’eeneidí clan. Content review by DK. Side A content; story begins about a husband and wife’s new marriage, but how the wife was accidentally killed; thereafter the man and his son left, wandering in the wilderness. They passed by the Malaspina Glacier (Tlingit name Gwaaxsakách), but they lost their canoe and had to walk back a great distance in the winter, how they were freezing as they traveled, and the son’s snowshoes and shoes froze to his feet, and had to be removed. Since the child had no shoes the father put his own gloves on the child’s feet, then how they found some food. Side B content; continued from previous, the speaker tells the story of a father and son traveling in the wilderness, traveling in the great cold and with little food, their story of survival and a father’s love and kindness toward his young son during this time, then they return home shortly after the First World War ends to Yaxhte Hit, but are greeted with the painful news that the government and settlers were taking his family’s land, his clan’s land, his people’s land, then a discussion on the futile discussions with the BIA, how the government took the land. The story then shifts to the father and son, landless, hunting above the tree line for mountain goats, the father sees beautiful and shinning rocks there, but they are like grave stones. [Note: this powerful telling may well be both historical and metaphorical, which denotes the plight of the Tlingit and the pain associated with the dispossession of land.]
Item 194: Audio recording of an unidentified woman being interviewed by Judson Brown, cassette labeled “Tinnah [tináa] story-copper. Travels to many river as a fish … Copper River,” undated. Format; cassette and CD, migrated in 2013. Speaking is primarily in the Tlingit language. Content by DK: unidentified woman gives a story about the origin of copper tínaa, the story begins with the beautiful woman and her marriage to a wealthy young man, their wedding, a pathway of furs for her to walk on is put forth, but she later finds out she had married a slave and there was shame, but they stay together and travel all over Southeast Alaska and up to Aan Tlien, a place near Anchorage. Then the story switches to a dreamlike account of a child falling asleep on a lake, the lake draining and copper was found where the lake once was, then a discussion on how the Kaagwaantaan previously had a house on Kodiak Island.
Item 195: Audio recording of Walter A. Soboleff speaking in Tlingit about the history of Juneau, undated. Format; cassette and CD, migrated in 2013. Speaking is in the Tlingit language. Length; 6 minutes. Note: this recording contains Soboleff speaking, then it abruptly stops, and was recorded over with non-associated content.
Item 196: Audio recording of William Johnson of Hoonah speaking about an Owl dish loaned to Sealaska Corporation in 1980 [and returned shortly thereafter to Johnson], recorded by the Corporation’s corporate secretary in 1980. Speaking in Tlingit. Format; cassette and CD, migrated in 2013. Length; 6 minutes.
Item 197: Audio recording of Jim Young (Chookaneidí clan) speaking in Tlingit about Neka Bay near Hoonah, possibly speaking to Frank See Sr., dated 7/20/1965. Format; cassette and CD, migrated in 2013. Speaking is in the Tlingit language. Content by DK: Young speaks generally about the area of Neka Bay, though more in general terms, but gives the name of an island in the bay as being named Daaxhát Kanádaa Noow [5:48], Young asserts his ownership of the land, asserts his knowledge since other who know the history of Neka Bay had died, then he tells a story/joke about a trip to gather sea gull eggs within Glacier Bay, which he calls Kéidládee K’wát’aaní.
Item 198: Audio recording of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Saxman Totem Pole Park. Format; cassette.
Item 199: Audiovisual recording of the memorial service for Clarence Jackson held in Juneau on 2/2/2013, recorded by SHI staff Kathy Dye. Format; DVD (two copies).
Item 200: Audiovisual recording of master artist Nathan Jackson carving a wall screen and talking about being an artist, recorded circa 1970. 14 minutes in length. Narrated by Rosita Worl and Nathan Jackson. Migrated from reel in 2013; from the Rosita Worl collection. Content includes Jackson speaking about what it means to be an artist, how to be an artist, while he talks about his work at carving a specific wall screen that was commissioned by the Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
Item 202: Audio recording entitled “Hoonah Songs,” undated. Migrated by SHI staff in 2013, originals in the possession of donor Tim Lindoff. Contains singing (and some speaking) in Tlingit, primarily songs of the people and clans of Hoonah. Two discs.
Item 203: Audio recording of Jennie and Charlie White speaking about Shangukeidí history, recorded 2/18/1986. Cassette labeled “Jennie White/Charlie White, notes, 2/18/86. Jennie White/Esther Johnson, Thunderbird song, 1972, Klukwan.” Speaking in Tlingit. 29 minutes in length (Side A & B). Migrated from cassette in 2013; format; cassette and CD.
Item 204: August 11, 1983, Audio-visual Clarence Jackson interviewing Elders Scotty Jackson and Johnny C. Jackson. Family genealogy—which includes a large number of Tlingit names— of the Jackson family; clan history of the Kaach.ádi, which includes Lukaax.ádi history; and a description of the Kake area, which include a large number of place names. Note: the original VHS recording is located in the oversized MC 22, Box 11.
Item 205: 5/9/96. Audio discussion by Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, Andy Hope III, Matthew and Bessie Fred, and others on the Southeast region’s involvement in the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative. According to Ray Barnhardt, “The Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative (AKRSI) was established in 1994 under the auspices of the Alaska Federation of Natives, which has served as the institutional home base and support structure for the AKRSI in cooperation with the University of Alaska, with funding from the National Science Foundation. The purpose of the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative has been to implement a set of initiatives that systematically document the Indigenous knowledge systems of Alaska Native people and develop pedagogical practices that appropriately integrate Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing into all aspects of the education system. In practical terms, the most important intended outcome is an increased recognition of the complementary nature of Native and western knowledge, so both can be effectively utilized as a foundation for the school curriculum and integrated into a more comprehensive approach to education that is grounded in the existing cultural and physical environment in which students live.” Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley offered a cogent summary of the “philosophical underpinnings” of ARSI, along with analysis of the issues facing modern education and practical suggestions for implementing Native ways of knowing in the school system. Andy Hope gave a summary of the Southeast Region’s involvement in ARSI. Matthew Fred, a Tlingit Elder from Angoon, shared his thoughts and concerns about Native education. Bessie Fred told of her experience as a beading instructor and cultural teacher in the Chatham School district. A few other unidentified speakers asked questions and offered their thoughts.
Item 206: Audio of Austin Hammond, Daanawáak, telling about the names he received from clan relatives of the Lukaax.ádi clan; the Lukaax.ádi clan houses; how his grandfather, Wóosh Káa Kei Yadugwéich (Joe Whiskers) instructed him to listen to the stories; urging his grandchildren to listen to the stories; Yéil Kutláakw, Raven Stories. The Raven stories include the Raven and his brother-in-law, Ganook and their challenging each other over their age; the story of Kei.á Daakeit, the Box of Daylight; and how Raven and the Owl brought fire to the world.
Item 207: Audio of Rosita Worl narrating a video entitled Tlingit Aani: Enter the Tlingit World, for the Peabody Museum of Harvard Exhibition in 1976, curated by Rosita Worl and Peter Cory. The video includes dancing by the Marks Trail Geisán Dancers, and a feast, all narrated by Rosita Worl. Some of the people included in the dancing and festivities include Austin Hammond, Willie Marks, Johnny Marks, Jimmie Marks and Rosita Worl.
Item 208: Audiovisual recorded interview with Sorrel Goodwin (L’eeneidí clan) about the history of the L’eeneidí clan and the Áak’w Ḵwáan Tlingit, interviewed by SHI Archivist Zach Jones, 1/10/2011. Restricted; access to the public on with the permission of Goodwin. See Archivist for details.