Cordova Dance Song

"Jim McKinley and Martha Jackson identified this as a Tlingit song, although Bill Joe called it Eyak. In 1960 Mentasta and Chistochina people again identified it as Eyak. The words mean 'good time,' and the singers make motions as if paddling a canoe. (de L comments on the tape '...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 (collector), McClellan, Catharine (collector), Joe, Maggie (singer), Joe, Bill (singer), Sanford, Kate (singer), McKinley, Jim (singer), Jackson, Martha (singer)
Format: Lecture
Language:Tlingit
English
Published: 1958
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Alaska > Music
Ahtena Indians > Music
Ahtena Indians > Social life and customs
Tlingit language
Eyak language
eyak
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/audio/cordova-dance-song
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Summary:"Jim McKinley and Martha Jackson identified this as a Tlingit song, although Bill Joe called it Eyak. In 1960 Mentasta and Chistochina people again identified it as Eyak. The words mean 'good time,' and the singers make motions as if paddling a canoe. (de L comments on the tape 'beautiful song.'). Jim and Martha said that this version was wrong, and recorded correct version as [APSdigrec_1329]."

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