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Title: Jim McKinley's Sorry Song for Agnes's Mother, Lower Tonsina 1924, second attempt
Identifier(s): audio:7626; APSdigrec_1497; Recording Number: 15; Program Number: 02
Description: Re-recording of song. See Related Recording.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Mourning customs--United States--Alaska; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language
Date: 1968-08-03

Title: Jim McKinley's Sorry Song for Oscar Craig, 1967
Identifier(s): audio:7624; APSdigrec_1498; Recording Number: 15; Program Number: 03
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Mourning customs--United States--Alaska; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language
Date: 1968-08-03

Title: Tlingit Love Song
Identifier(s): audio:7859; APSdigrec_1336; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 44
Description: "(Beginning was missed.) ... 100, 200 yrs. old.... Recorded by Jim McKinley (who has reputation of being best singer and dancer at Copper Center) and Martha Jackson, after they had listened to earlier recordings on this reel 8/16/58"
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians--Music; Love songs
Date: 1958-08-16

Title: Jim McKinley's Sorry Song for Agnes's Mother, first attempt
Identifier(s): audio:7627; APSdigrec_1496; Recording Number: 15; Program Number: 01
Description: Beginning of recording was originally recorded at higher speed, causing slower speed on playback. This problem has been digitally corrected, though some sound distortion remains in the opening :48. Song was re-recorded. See Related Recording.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Mourning customs--United States--Alaska; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language
Date: 1968-08-03

Title: Tlingit Drowning Song
Identifier(s): audio:7852; APSdigrec_1334; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 42
Description: "A sorry song from drowned people. (cf. Joe Goodlataw, Chitina, 1954 [APSdigrec_1094]). Chistochina people in 1960 identified this as a Chitina song, Eyak. They don't dance, but stand up and sway from side to side.... Recorded by Jim McKinley (who has reputation of being best singer and dancer at Copper Center) and Martha Jackson, after they had listened to earlier recordings on this reel 8/16/58."
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians--Music; Drowning victims
Date: 1958-08-16

Title: Jim McKinley's speech at potlatch for Oscar Craig, 1967
Identifier(s): audio:7631; APSdigrec_1499; Recording Number: 15; Program Number: 04
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Mourning customs--United States--Alaska; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Potlatch--Alaska; Ahtena language; Speeches, addresses, etc.
Date: 1968-08-03

Title: Ahtna Vocabulary
Identifier(s): audio:6755; APSdigrec_1643; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 01
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1960. (Mss.Rec.41);
Subject: Ahtena language; lexicography
Date: 1960-07-30

Title: Sad Slow Song - "ho, hi" (Tlingit)
Identifier(s): audio:7865; APSdigrec_1333; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 41
Description: "Identified in 1960 as a song sung when people are resting at a potlatch.... Recorded by Jim McKinley (who has reputation of being best singer and dancer at Copper Center) and Martha Jackson, after they had listened to earlier recordings on this reel 8/16/58"
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Tlingit Indians--Music; Tlingit language; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1958-08-16

Title: Tlingit Dance Song
Identifier(s): audio:7880; APSdigrec_1335; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 43
Description: "Recorded by Jim McKinley (who has reputation of being best singer and dancer at Copper Center) and Martha Jackson, after they had listened to earlier recordings on this reel 8/16/58"
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Tlingit language; Tlingit dance
Date: 1958-08-16

Title: Up-the-Line Song from Dawson
Identifier(s): audio:7901; APSdigrec_1332; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 40
Description: "Recorded by Jim McKinley (who has reputation of being best singer and dancer at Copper Center) and Martha Jackson, after they had listened to earlier recordings on this reel 8/16/58.... Jim McKinley announced: 'We are going to sing about our two sisters (CMcC & FdeL). We're going to see them again.'"
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Han language
Date: 1958-08-16

Title: Funny Story Song
Identifier(s): audio:7894; APSdigrec_1330; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 38
Description: "The words are in both Tlingit and English. (Mean ??: "I don't thank you. You give me a funny story. Not a funny story....? I believe that all right. You been Cook's Inlet (or Klukshu?)" - deL's translation. Chistochina and Mentasta people in 1960 said this song would be sung when resting from dancing at a potlatch."; "Recorded by Jim McKinley (who has reputation of being best singer and dancer at Copper Center) and Martha Jackson, after they had listened to earlier recordings on this reel 8/16/58"
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Tlingit Indians--Music; Tlingit language; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1958-08-16

Title: Joe Nicolai's Song
Identifier(s): audio:7895; APSdigrec_1322; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 30
Description: "Martha Jackson and Jim McKinley identified this as a worry song belonging to Joe Nicolai, Elizabeth Pete's father. There is obviously some confusion of identification."
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language
Date: 1958-08-15

Title: Indian Schottische or Caribou Dancing Song
Identifier(s): audio:7856; APSdigrec_1325; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 33
Description: "There is a double drum beat. It comes from Dawson. The dancers imitate caribou pawing through the snow for food. (Identified by Mentasta people)."
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena dance; Ahtena language; Han language
Date: 1958-08-15

Title: Song about a lady who lost a baby
Identifier(s): audio:7003; APSdigrec_1108; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 21
Description: Recorded at Tazlina Song Fest. Information identifying the song is missing from the collector's accompanying documentation. Available information gathered from recording itself.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1954-08-05

Title: Sarani Song
Identifier(s): audio:7019; APSdigrec_1107; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 20
Description: Recorded at Tazlina Song Fest. Information identifying the song is missing from the collector's accompanying documentation. Available information gathered from recording itself.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Raven (Legendary character)
Date: 1954-08-05

Title: Tetlin Song
Identifier(s): audio:7078; APSdigrec_1102; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 15
Description: Recorded at Tazlina Song Fest. Information identifying the song is missing from the collector's accompanying documentation. Available information gathered from recording itself.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Upper Tanana language
Date: 1954-08-05

Title: Up-the-Line Song and Dance
Identifier(s): audio:7060; APSdigrec_1112; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 25
Description: Recorded at Tazlina Song Fest.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Dance; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Tanacross language
Date: 1954-08-05

Title: Up-the-Line Song
Identifier(s): audio:6987; APSdigrec_1101; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 14
Description: Recorded at Tazlina Song Fest. Information identifying the song is missing from the collector's accompanying documentation. Available information gathered from recording itself.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Tanacross language
Date: 1954-08-05

Title: Up-the-Line Song
Identifier(s): audio:6988; APSdigrec_1100; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 13
Description: Recorded at Tazlina Song Fest. Information identifying the song is missing from the collector's accompanying documentation. Available information gathered from recording itself.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language
Date: 1954-08-05

Title: Love Song
Identifier(s): audio:7891; APSdigrec_1321; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 29
Description: "Jim McKinley and Martha Jackson thought this was a Love song from Dawson - possibly made up by Mentasta Pete's nephew. Supposedly it was answered by the next song."
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Han language; Love songs
Date: 1958-08-15