Three Snatches of Mourning Song for Lituya Drowning

• 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

"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...