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Title: Animal Noises imitated by Douglas Billum
Identifier(s): audio:7889; APSdigrec_1340; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 02
Description: Imitation of the noises of rabbits, tree squirrels, mallards, swans, muskrats, two kinds of loons, swans, geese, groundhogs.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Ahtena language; Animal sounds--Alaska
Date: 1958-08-30

Title: Tobacco All Gone (with drum)
Identifier(s): audio:7890; APSdigrec_1342; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 04
Description: "Composed by Tenos Charley, a nAltcina man (not the present man of that name living in Copper Center), in 1901-02."
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; Tobacco
Date: 1958-08-30

Title: Love Song
Identifier(s): audio:7864; APSdigrec_1339; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 01
Description: The words include, "Come on, come on. I think you die."
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 language; Love songs
Date: 1958-07-26

Title: Up-the-Line Dance Song (with drum)
Identifier(s): audio:7886; APSdigrec_1345; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 07
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
Date: 1958-08-30

Title: Tlingit Song (with drum)
Identifier(s): audio:7872; APSdigrec_1344; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 06
Description: "An old song, learned from his grandfather."
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
Date: 1958-08-30

Title: Cordova, Alaska (with drum)
Identifier(s): audio:7882; APSdigrec_1343; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 05
Description: A song taught to the singer by a man from Juneau named Philip who came to Chitina.
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; Cordova (Alaska)
Date: 1958-08-30

Title: Tlingit Song, "Boat Coming"
Identifier(s): audio:7873; APSdigrec_1346; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 08
Description: "'Boat Coming' (ref. to white men). (Tlingit words refere to yakw - boat). Learned from grandpa."
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
Date: 1958-08-30

Title: Jesus Song
Identifier(s): audio:7899; APSdigrec_1348; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 10
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 Indians--Religion; Jesus Christ--Songs and music
Date: 1958-08-30

Title: Douglas Billum's Song for his Partner
Identifier(s): audio:7851; APSdigrec_1341; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 03
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Love songs
Date: 1958-08-30

Title: Andy Brown's Father's Love Song
Identifier(s): audio:7868; APSdigrec_1347; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 09
Description: "Composed by Charley, nAltcina man - bai' dEna' t'a' - 'shine white father'."
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; Love songs
Date: 1958-08-30

Title: Douglas and Mary Anne Billum, both formerly of Chitina
Identifier(s): audio:7860; APSdigrec_1192; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 01
Description: "1. Mary Ann drums, both sing a Tlingit song. 2. Ground Squirrel song, to bring good weatheer. 'Southweather clear all around I see'. Song is interrupted. 3. Second Groundsquirrel Song for good weather, follows without a break: 'tcisle, 'duya'ya'....' 4. Tlingit song. 'Ali......'"; Tlingit song -- Ground Squirrel song -- Second Ground Squirrel song -- Tlingit 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; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians--Music
Date: 1958-07-28

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: Long interview with old Douglas Billum, formerly of Chitina [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:7884; APSdigrec_1190; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 01
Description: Narratives interspersed with snatches of song.; Recording runs slightly fast.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena Indians--Music
Date: 1958-07-26

Title: Long interview with old Douglas Billum, formerly of Chitina [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:7871; APSdigrec_1191; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 02
Description: Narratives interspersed with snatches of song.; Recording runs slightly fast.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena Indians--Music
Date: 1958-07-26