Three Snatches of Mourning Song for Lituya Drowning

"This song was composed by a t'luq'naxAdi woman, wuck'ik'a, for her brothers who were drowned at Lituya Bay. It was sung by Frank Italio, but Minnie Johnson was too overcome by grief to translate. It was impossible to get Frank Italio to give a signal for turning on and off...

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Other Authors: De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 (collector), Italio, Frank (singer), Johnson, Minnie (speaker)
Format: Text
Language:Tlingit
Published: 1952
Subjects:
Tlingit language
Indians of North America > Alaska
Mourning customs > United States > Alaska
Tlingit Indians > Alaska > Music
Drowning
Lituya Bay (Alaska)
Thunderbird
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/audio/three-snatches-mourning-song-lituya-drowning
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spelling ftamphilosophsoc:oai:american-philosophical:audio_6871 2023-05-15T18:33:18+02:00 Three Snatches of Mourning Song for Lituya Drowning De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 (collector) Italio, Frank (singer) Johnson, Minnie (speaker) 1952-07-30 00:04:40 Sound tape reel https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/audio/three-snatches-mourning-song-lituya-drowning tli tli APSdigrec_0609 http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml-- De Laguna, Frederica. Recordings at Yakutat, Alaska, 1952.--Mss.Rec.19-- The APS has an Open Access Policy for all unrestricted material in the digital library. Open Access Materials can be used freely for non-commercial, scholarly, educational, or fair use as defined under United States copyright law. Read the full policy and learn more about our Rights and Reproduction at: http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/rights Tlingit language Indians of North America--Alaska Mourning customs--United States--Alaska Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music Drowning Lituya Bay (Alaska) Sound singing primary_text 1952 ftamphilosophsoc 2023-01-21T18:32:52Z "This song was composed by a t'luq'naxAdi woman, wuck'ik'a, for her brothers who were drowned at Lituya Bay. It was sung by Frank Italio, but Minnie Johnson was too overcome by grief to translate. It was impossible to get Frank Italio to give a signal for turning on and off the machine so that the full song was not recoreded." Frank Italio also identified as "CAnkukedi (or dakAstina) 'Thunderbird Clan.')" Text tlingit Alaska APS Digital Library (American Philosophical Society) Thunderbird ENVELOPE(-128.637,-128.637,54.450,54.450)
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Indians of North America--Alaska
Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music
Drowning
Lituya Bay (Alaska)
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Indians of North America--Alaska
Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music
Drowning
Lituya Bay (Alaska)
Three Snatches of Mourning Song for Lituya Drowning
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Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music
Drowning
Lituya Bay (Alaska)
description "This song was composed by a t'luq'naxAdi woman, wuck'ik'a, for her brothers who were drowned at Lituya Bay. It was sung by Frank Italio, but Minnie Johnson was too overcome by grief to translate. It was impossible to get Frank Italio to give a signal for turning on and off the machine so that the full song was not recoreded." Frank Italio also identified as "CAnkukedi (or dakAstina) 'Thunderbird Clan.')"
author2 De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 (collector)
Italio, Frank (singer)
Johnson, Minnie (speaker)
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De Laguna, Frederica. Recordings at Yakutat, Alaska, 1952.--Mss.Rec.19--
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