Teqwedi Walking Song
"[Song] has Tsimshian words, and was perhaps one obtained about 1900 from Tsimshian sea-otter hunters at Yakutat, because they were sorry they nearly started a fight with the Yakutat Tlingit over a disputed sea-otter. It is used when the teqwedi guests at a potlatch enter and leave the house to...
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Format: | Report |
Language: | Tsimshian English |
Published: |
1954
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Online Access: | https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/audio/teqwedi-walking-song |
Summary: | "[Song] has Tsimshian words, and was perhaps one obtained about 1900 from Tsimshian sea-otter hunters at Yakutat, because they were sorry they nearly started a fight with the Yakutat Tlingit over a disputed sea-otter. It is used when the teqwedi guests at a potlatch enter and leave the house to which they have been invited." Recording concludes with identification of the song by Frederica de Laguna. |
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