Big Jim's Tlingit Song
"This is her father's song. He hears bad luck like thunder inside. He hears it that time he start the song. His wife gonna die, his daughter's dead, and his son's wife's dead. Three die in one day. Quick sick. It was at Dalton Post, before the white men came. He heard it (th...
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| Format: | Audio |
| Language: | Tlingit |
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1954
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| Online Access: | https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/audio/big-jims-tlingit-song |
| Summary: | "This is her father's song. He hears bad luck like thunder inside. He hears it that time he start the song. His wife gonna die, his daughter's dead, and his son's wife's dead. Three die in one day. Quick sick. It was at Dalton Post, before the white men came. He heard it (the portent?) down the Alsek at a hil, Sheep Hat, near nuqa-ik." Recorded at Beloud's, near Klukshu, Yukon Territory. |
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