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Tlingit Indians of Alaska Rasmuson Library title: Historical Translation Series ; V. 2 author: AnatolÃ¥ii.; Kan, Sergei. publisher: University of Alaska Press isbn10 | asin: 0912006188 print isbn13: 9780912006185 ebook isbn13: 9780585180304 language: English subject Tlingit Indians. publication date: 1985 lcc: E99.T6A53 1985eb ddc: 979.8/00497 subject: Tlingit Indians. Page i Tlingit Indians of Alaska Page ii The Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series Volume II Marvin W. Falk, Editor Additional titles in the Series: FEDOR PETROVICH LITKE. By A. I. Alekseev. Edited by Katherine L. Arndt. Translated by Serge LeComte. RLHTS Volume X, 1996. ESSAYS ON THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE ALEUTS (AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY). By R. G. Liapunova. Translated by Jerry Shelest with the editoral assistance of William B. Workman and Lydia T. Black. RLHTS Volume IX, 1996. TO THE CHUKCHI PENINSULA AND TO THE TLINGIT INDIANS 1881/1882. JOURNALS AND LETTERS BY AUREL AND ARTHUR KRAUSE. Translated by Margot Krause McCaffrey. RLHTS Volume VIII, 1993. JOURNALS OF THE PRIEST IOANN VENIAMINOV IN ALASKA, 1823 TO 1836. Introduction and commentary by S. A. Mousalimas. Translated by Jerome Kisslinger RLHTS Volume VII, 1993. THE GREAT RUSSIAN NAVIGATOR, A. I. CHIRIKOV. By Vasilii A. Divin. Translated and annotated by Raymond H. Fisher. RLHTS Volume VI, 1993. THE KHLEBNIKOV ARCHIVE. UNPUBLISHED JOURNAL (1800-1837) AND TRAVEL NOTES (1820, 1822, and 1824). Edited with introduction and notes b Leonid Shut. Translated by John Bisk. RLHTS Volume V, 1990. RUSSIAN EXPLORATION IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA: THE TRAVEL JOURNALS OF PETR KORSAKOVSKIY (1818) AND IVAN YA. VASILEV (1829). Edited with introduction by James W. VanStone. Translated by David H. Kraus. RLHTS Volume IV. 1988. BERING'S VOYAGES: THE REPORTS FROM RUSSIA. By Gerhard Friedrich Müller. Translated, with commentary by Carol Urness. RLHTS Volume III, 1986. HOLMBERG'S ETHNOGRAPHIC SKETCHES. By Heinrich Johan Holmberg. Edited by Marvin W. Falk. Translated from the original German of 1855-1863 by Fritz Jaensch. RLHTS Volume I, 1985. NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF THE UNALASHKA DISTRICT. By Ivan Veniaminov. Translated by Lydia T. Black and R. H. Geoghegan. Edited with an Introduction by Richard A. Pierce. Published jointly by the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library Translation Program and the Limestone Press, 1984. All titles listed are available from the University of Alaska Press. Page iii Tlingit Indians of Alaska by Archimandrite Anatolii Kamenskii Translated, with an Introduction and Supplementary Material by Sergei Kan The University of Alaska Press Fairbanks Page iv Disclaimer: This book contains characters with diacritics. When the characters can be represented using the ISO 8859-1 character set (http://www.w3.org/TR/images/latin1.gif), netLibrary will represent them as they appear in the original text, and most computers will be able to show the full characters correctly. In order to keep the text searchable and readable on most computers, characters with diacritics that are not part of the ISO 8859-1 list will be represented without their diacritical marks. Translation of Indiane Aliaski, Odessa, 1906 International Standard Series Number: 0890-7935 International Standard Book Number: 0-912006-18-8 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-51786 English Translation © 1985 by the University of Alaska Press. All rights reserved. Published 1985. Second printing 1990. Third printing 1999. Printed in the United States of America. Page v CONTENTS Page Illustrations ix Acknowledgements 1 Translator's Introduction 3 Indians of Alaska Introduction: Curriculum of the Book's Genesis 23 I. Settlements of the Tlingit Indians. The First Russian 27 Encounter with them One Hundred Years Ago. Warfare and Hunting. Language as an Indicator of the Development of the Culture II. Social Life. Tribes, Clans, Baraboras [Houses] and 33 Families. Clan Symbols. Heads of Clans and Baraboras III. Ideas about Kinship. Relations among Tribes and 39 Clans. Hostage Exchange [Amanatstvo]. Blankets as Units of Value IV. Marriage and Family Life. Divorces. Remarriage of 47 the Widowed. Polygamy. Children's Upbringing during the First Year V. Ancient Religion of the Indians. Traces of True 53 Worship VI. Indian Deities: Dikée Aankaawu 57 , Ganook, Yéil. Myths about Them VII. Other Deities of the Tlingit Indians: Xeitl, 67 Haayeeshaanák'u, Tl'anaxeedakw*, and Myths about Them VIII. Beliefs in Spirits and Souls of the Dead 71 IX. Beliefs in Afterlife. Funeral Rites. Attitudes toward 77 the Remains of the Dead X. Shamanism and Its Asiatic Origin. Íxt and Nakws'aatí 81 Shamanistic Rituals. Curing of the Sick Afflicted by Witchcraft Page vi Footnotes 91 Appendix 1Petition to Bishop Nikolai (October 27, 1896) 107 Appendix 2Certificate, Diocese of Alaska (February 5, 108 1891) Appendix 3Certificate, Diocese of Alaska (December 6, 109 1891) Appendix 4Excerpt from a Report to Bishop Nikolai 110 (November 19, 1894) Appendix 5Statutes of the Archangel Michael Society of 111 Mutual Aid (January 1, 1896) Appendix 6Report to Bishop Nikolai (January 13/25, 113 1896) Appendix 7Letters to Bishop Nikolai (January 23, 1896) 115 Appendix 8Annual Report, Indian Brotherhood of St. 116 Michael of Sitka (1898) Appendix 9The Frog Case 117 Appendix 10Letter to Bishop Nikolai (January 21, 1897) 123 Appendix 11A Petition to His Excellency Mr. Kotzebue 132 Appendix 12A Petition to the President of the United 134 States Appendix 13Excerpts from a Report to Bishop Nikolai 137 (February 5, 1897) Appendix 14Information on the Condition of the St. 139 Michael Cathedral of Sitka for the Year 1897 Appendix 15Christmas-tide in Sitka (January 7, 1898) 141 Appendix 16Report on the State of the St. Michael Indian 146 Brotherhood for 1902 Tlingit Glossary 149 Russians Glossary 151 Bibliography 153 Index 161 Board of Advisors

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