Naskik's song

• Other Authors: De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 (collector), De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 (researcher), Johnson, Minnie (speaker)
• Format: Text
• Language: English; Tlingit
• Published: 1952
• Subjects: Indians of North America > Alaska; Tlingit Indians > Alaska > Music; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/audio/naskiks-song

"Naskik was her mother's mother's younger brother. He was chief of Reef House on Johnson Slough, and was married to a Teqwedi woman. He was the father of Situk Jim who died in 1916. He is supposed to have composed and sung this song after a quarrel with his brother-in-law, and then gone outside where he met his death. There is a hint of suicide, since in the song he wishes to join the Northern Lights, the abode of those who had died through suicide or murder." Identification of recording by F. de Laguna -- Introduction by Minnie Johnson -- Song, sung by Minnie Johnson -- Final explanation, partly in English, through end