"Aleut" (Sugpiaq) Sun Dance Song

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TITLE INFORMATION
Title"Aleut" (Sugpiaq) Sun Dance Song
IDENTIFIERS
Legacy IdentifierAPSdigrec_1085
Recording Number07
Program Number14
ASSOCIATED NAMES
collectorDe Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004
singerHarry, Maggy
singerJack, Jenny
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
Abstract"Maggy introduces the song in Tlingit...'You tell them fine looking girls gonna sing this song.' Laughs. [It is a dance song, in which the dancers pretend to push 'them' around with guns. It was an Aleut - i.e. Prince William Sound Eskimo song - captured by cada, Maggy's great-grandfather in a war with the 'Aleut' near Cordova." The "Aleut" noted are the Sugpiaq Chugachmiut.
LanguageTlingit language (tli)
Language (tli)
Subject (lcsh) Tlingit language
Subject (lcsh) Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music
Subject (lcsh) Sugpiaq
Subject (lcsh) Tlingit dance
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
TypeSound
OLAC Discourse Typenarrative
OLAC Discourse Typesinging
OLAC Discourse Typeinteractive_discourse
OLAC Linguistic Typeprimary_text
FormatSound tape reel
Formatelectronic resource
Extent00:01:51
Digital Originreformatted digital
Reformatting Qualityreplacement
ORIGIN INFORMATION
Date Issued1954-05-27
Date Modified2008-09-18
PlaceYakutat (Alaska)
PARENT COLLECTION
TitleDe Laguna, Frederica. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954.
Call NumberMss.Rec.30
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