RECORDED IN 1935 by Frederica de Laguna and Norman Reynolds Edited by FREDERICA de LAGUNA Illustrated by DALE DeARMOND TALES FROM THE DENA Indian Stories from the Tanana, Royukuk, & Yukon 'Rivers UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS Seattle & London Copyright © 1995 by the University of Washington Press Illustrations copyright © 1995 by Dale DeArmond Designed by Audrey Meyer Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Tales from the Dena : Indian stories from the Tanana, Koyukuk, and Yukon rivers / recorded in 1935 by Frederica de Laguna and Norman Reynolds ; edited by Frederica de Laguna ; illustrated by Dale DeArmond. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. isbn 0-295-97429-x (alk. paper). 1. Koyukon Indians —Folklore. 2. Ingalik Indians—Folklore. 3. Tanana Indians —Folklore. 4. Tales—Alaska. I. de Laguna, Frederica, 1906- . II. Reynolds, Norman. III. DeArmond, Dale. E99.K79T35 1995 398.2'o89'972'dc20 94-41285 CIP This little volume is dedicated to the memory of our predecessors Father Jules Jette and Dr. John W. Chapman, who were the first to record tales from the Dena Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/talesfromdenaindOOOOunse