Tlingit Indians of Alaska

309 Pages·1985·1.44 MB·English

by  Anatolīĭ (Bishop of Tomsk)

Tlingit Indians of Alaska Rasmuson Library
title:
Historical Translation Series ; V. 2
author: Anatolåii.; 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.
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Tlingit Indians of Alaska
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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 UNPUBLISHED JOURNAL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.
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Tlingit Indians of Alaska
by Archimandrite Anatolii Kamenskii
Translated, with an Introduction and Supplementary Material by
Sergei Kan
The University of Alaska Press
Fairbanks
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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.
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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
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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
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