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Title: False start on song by Jessie Allen
Identifier(s): audio:7021; local: APSdigrec_1174; local: 10; local: 28
Description: Recorded at Beloud's, near Klukshu, Yukon Territory.
Subject: Indians of North America--Yukon--Music; Southern Tutchone language; Farewells
Date: 1954-08-31

Title: Goodby Song for Kitty
Identifier(s): audio:7038; local: APSdigrec_1175; local: 10; local: 29
Description: "Words mean: 'My uncle, I don't know where you stay now' like a love song.... When you leave here I gonna be sorry."; Recorded at Beloud's, near Klukshu, Yukon Territory.
Subject: Indians of North America--Yukon--Music; Southern Tutchone language; Farewells
Date: 1954-08-31

Title: Martha Jackson
Identifier(s): audio:7839; APSdigrec_1186; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 03
Description: "Martha Jackson recorded several sleep doctor's (shaman's) songs, requesting us not to play them around Copper Center or Chistochina."; "1. Martha Jackson repeated sARani yAngadi song, using a drum, but apparently started it differently. [See Related Recording.] -- 2. Christian Sleep Doctor Song, also used by Gakona George. (Martha used a drum.)"; This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
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; Shamanism--Alaska; Potlatch--Alaska; Ahtena Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1958-08-16

Title: Interview with Martha Jackson
Identifier(s): audio:7844; APSdigrec_1180; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 01
Description: Largely concerns kinship terms.; Part 3 of 5.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Kinship; anthropological_linguistics
Date: 1958-07-11

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: Harry Joe's Mother's mother's brother's Sorry Song
Identifier(s): audio:6977; local: APSdigrec_1177; local: 10; local: 31
Description: "Jessie Allen explained: This song was composed (?) by Harry Joe's mother's mother's brother, a Crow man. It's a sorry song for the d as. [sic] He feels bad and is calling for something. People were hunting sheep on top of the mountain. Sit down and think about girl friend (father's sister and cross-cousin). She explained that she was singing the song for Harry Joe because he didn't know it."; Recorded at Beloud's, near Klukshu, Yukon Territory.
Subject: Indians of North America--Yukon--Music; Southern Tutchone language
Date: 1954-08-31

Title: Interview with Martha Jackson
Identifier(s): audio:7847; APSdigrec_1178; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Description: Largely concerns kinship terms.; Part 1 of 5.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Kinship; anthropological_linguistics
Date: 1958-07-11

Title: Interview with Martha Jackson
Identifier(s): audio:7846; APSdigrec_1179; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 02
Description: Largely concerns kinship terms.; Part 2 of 5.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Kinship; anthropological_linguistics
Date: 1958-07-11

Title: Arthur and Martha Jackson, kin terms
Identifier(s): audio:7843; APSdigrec_1184; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 01
Description: At beginning of recording the date is misidentified as 1954.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena Indians--Kinship; Ahtena language; anthropological_linguistics
Date: 1958-07-11

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

Title: Interview with Martha Jackson
Identifier(s): audio:7841; APSdigrec_1181; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 02
Description: Largely concerns kinship terms.; Part 4 of 5.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Kinship; anthropological_linguistics
Date: 1958-07-11

Title: Interview with Martha Jackson
Identifier(s): audio:7848; APSdigrec_1182; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 01
Description: Largely concerns kinship terms.; Part 5 of 5.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica, and McClellan, Catharine. Atna texts, etc., recorded in Copper Center, Alaska, 1958. (Mss.Rec.31);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Kinship; anthropological_linguistics
Date: 1958-07-11

Title: Fanny Stanfield
Identifier(s): audio:7845; APSdigrec_1183; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 02
Description: "No. 1. Copper River Song. (While singing, Harry Johns made her laugh). Her father & mother sang it long ago. No. 2. SARani (Crow) and nAlbei (Seagull) dance song. They are supposed to be eating a dead man. This song is supposed to be from Cordova, perhaps Eyak, Fanny suggested. One person lies on the floor, and then the sARani come first to eat the dead person. Then another one comes. All sARani (crows), I guess. q'ax qax! they say. Two people dance and eat the dead person, act just like sARani. When we dance you should see them. Some man jump around - just like he flying - jump all over dead man. Dead man, he just laying down, never say nothing. [The same song is on Reel 7, Side 1, no. 12, 8/15/58. variously identified as a seagull song, or as a song referring to both crow and seagull. May be Tlingit.] No. 3. Fanny began another song, but interrupted herself. No. 4. Burst into favorite drinking song...'tcelali'."; Copper River Song -- SARani (Crow) and nAlbei (Seagull) dance song -- Interrupted song -- Drinking 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; Ahtena dance; Drinking songs--Alaska
Date: 1958-07-11

Title: Martha Jackson
Identifier(s): audio:7840; APSdigrec_1185; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 02
Description: "Martha Jackson recorded several sleep doctor's (shaman's) songs, requesting us not to play them around Copper Center or Chistochina."; "1. sARani yAngadi (Crow-sunrise region) doctor's song. Originally used by Harry John's father, who was Martha's mother's 'father's brother.' Sung withoug a drum. Version with drum is on Side 2, 1. -- 2. Sleep doctor's Thunder (lt'Eni) Song. Originally used by Old Nicolai of Chitina. Also sung by Joe Nicolai, Martha's mother's cousin. It should be sung with a drum. -- 3. Gakona George's Sleep Doctor's Song. He was Martha's mother's brother. (Martha used a drum.) -- 4. A second song belonging to Gakona George, also shaman's song."; This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
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; Shamanism--Alaska; Potlatch--Alaska; Ahtena Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1958-08-16

Title: Martha Jackson
Identifier(s): audio:7842; APSdigrec_1187; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 04
Description: Spinster Song -- Andy Brown's potlatch song -- Tabooed Wolf Hunting Song -- Martha's MoMoBro's Potlatch song for his dead brother -- Martha's MomoBro's second song for his dead brother -- Martha Jackson's own Shaman song; This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
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; Shamanism--Alaska; Potlatch--Alaska; Ahtena Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hunting songs
Date: 1958-08-27

Title: Martha Jackson
Identifier(s): audio:7875; APSdigrec_1188; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 05
Description: Ground Squirrel Hunting Song -- Similar Song -- Dance Song; This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
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; Shamanism--Alaska; Potlatch--Alaska; Ahtena Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hunting songs
Date: 1958-09-01

Title: Na'ina (Song Sparrow) Song
Identifier(s): audio:7862; APSdigrec_1331; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 39
Description: "Composed by Martha's mother. 'Song sparrow, shut up! People, talk the right way!" (Don't say mean things.) Maggy Joe later identified this song as composed by her aunt who used to live at Gulkana Airport (Dry Creek village).... 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 language; Sparrows
Date: 1958-08-16

Title: Identification of recording
Identifier(s): audio:7863; APSdigrec_1319; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 27
Description: Provides identification information for subsequent recordings on reel [APSdigrec_1320 - APSdigrec_1336].
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

Title: Chalali Whisky Song
Identifier(s): audio:7034; APSdigrec_1089; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 02
Description: A dancing song, to which men and women dance in a circle. May come from Copper Center. Words mean, 'Put the whisky in the cup.'; Recording identified by Frederica de Laguna at end of subsequently recorded song. See Related Recording.
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; Whiskey; Drinking songs--Alaska; Ahtena dance
Date: 1954-07-12