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Life woven with song / Nora Marks Dauenhauer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dauenhauer, Nora
- Series:
- Sun tracks ; v. 41.
- Sun tracks ; v. 41
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tlingit Indians--Literary collections.
- Tlingit Indians.
- Indians of North America--Alaska--Literary collections.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Alaska.
- Alaska.
- Genre:
- Literary collections.
- Fiction.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 135 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- The Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska are known for their totem poles, Chilkat blankets, and oceangoing canoes. Nora Marks Dauenhauer is a cultural emissary of her people and now tells the story of her own life within the context of her community's.
- Life Woven with Song recreates in written language the oral tradition of the Tlingit people as it records memories of Dauenhauer's heritage. Through poetry, prose, and plays, she affirms the goodness of life as found in family and community, in daily work and play, and in tribal traditions.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Prose
- Some Slices of Salmon 3
- Egg Boat 17
- Magic Gloves 25
- Chemawa Cemetery: Buried in Alien Land 29
- Life Woven with Song: An Autobiographical Essay 31
- Part 2 Poetry
- A Poem for Jim Nagataak'w (Jakwteen) 57
- Grandpa Jakwteen in Eclipse 58
- Auntie Frances, My Father's Sister 59
- My Auntie Jennie's Bed 60
- Grandmother Eliza 61
- Salmon Egg Puller
- $2.15 an Hour 63
- In Memory of Jeff David 65
- Willie 66
- Memorial Day in Kiev 67
- Tlingit Elders 68
- Migration Catalog 69
- Spring 70
- Buds 71
- Blossoms 72
- From Camp Heaven 73
- Constellation Course: Hanging Loose 74
- Totemic Display 75
- For My Granddaughters Genny and Lenny 76
- Letter to Nanao Sakaki 79
- Angoon at Low Tide 80
- Berries 81
- Crossing the Bridge 82
- Raven at Grand Canyon 83
- Coming Down from the Mogollon Rim 84
- Zuni Ring: Glacial Turquoise 85
- Fieldwork 86
- Ernestine's House, Hoonah, Alaska, 6 A.M. 87
- Variations of Two 88
- The Storm 89
- Storms from an Enemy Sky 90
- Steel Gray 91
- Trees in North Wind 92
- Amelia's First Ski Run 93
- Tonio Saves Christmas 94
- For My Granddaughter Amelia 95
- Part 3 Plays
- Introduction to the Raven Plays 99
- White Raven and Water 103
- Raven, King Salmon, and the Birds 112
- Raven Loses His Nose 122.
- ISBN:
- 0816520054
- 0816520062
- OCLC:
- 42296875
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