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Title: Dancing Song and Jerkey Dance Song
Identifier(s): audio:7653; APSdigrec_1519; Recording Number: 19; Program Number: 13
Description: Part of an imaginary potlatch held at Copper Center. Part 10 of 24.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Potlatch--Alaska; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music
Date: 1968-08-15

Title: Oscar Ewan's Sorry Song for his Son
Identifier(s): audio:7757; APSdigrec_1584; Recording Number: 23; Program Number: 11
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-29

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: Chief Andrew's Love Song
Identifier(s): audio:7561; APSdigrec_1492; Recording Number: 13; Program Number: 22
Description: Song is played twice.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language; Love songs
Date: 1968-08-08

Title: Steven John's Mother's Love Song, Gulkana
Identifier(s): audio:7751; APSdigrec_1586; Recording Number: 23; Program Number: 13
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Love songs
Date: 1968-08-29

Title: Jim McKinley's Sorry Song for his Cousin, Charles Otegay
Identifier(s): audio:7619; APSdigrec_1469; Recording Number: 12; Program Number: 24
Description: Song was composed in 1919.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-10

Title: Up-the-Line Song
Identifier(s): audio:7566; APSdigrec_1460; Recording Number: 12; Program Number: 15
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Tanacross language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music
Date: 1968-08-10

Title: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory song
Identifier(s): audio:7685; APSdigrec_1562; Recording Number: 22; Program Number: 14
Description: Song repeated by request Frederica de Laguna.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Southern Tutchone language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music
Date: 1968-08-22

Title: Fred Ewan's Sorry Song for his Father, 1953-54 (?)
Identifier(s): audio:7715; APSdigrec_1577; Recording Number: 23; Program Number: 04
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-23

Title: Fred John's Sister's Sorry Song for her Father, Mentasta [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:7749; APSdigrec_1591; Recording Number: 23; Program Number: 18
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-29

Title: Na'hayi Indian Song
Identifier(s): audio:7682; APSdigrec_1554; Recording Number: 22; Program Number: 06
Description: Song is identified as coming from the Yukon, though the language of song is unclear from collector documetation. Most likely Southern Tutchone, perhaps Han.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Southern Tutchone language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music
Date: 1968-08-22

Title: Old Chitina Love Song
Identifier(s): audio:6796; APSdigrec_1654; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 07
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1960. (Mss.Rec.41);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language; Love songs
Date: 1960-08-11

Title: Two love songs
Identifier(s): audio:7599; APSdigrec_1484; Recording Number: 13; Program Number: 14
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language; Love songs
Date: 1968-08-08

Title: How SArani gai made the world [1 of 3]
Identifier(s): audio:6790; APSdigrec_1646; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 01
Description: Primarily in English, with occasional Ahtna.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1960. (Mss.Rec.41);
Subject: Ahtena language; Raven (Legendary character)--Legends; Creation--Mythology; Ahtena Indians--Folklore
Date: 1960-08-11

Title: Gallon of Wine
Identifier(s): audio:7750; APSdigrec_1600; Recording Number: 23; Program Number: 27
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Love songs
Date: 1968-08-29

Title: NAlbei, You're not my Sweetheart
Identifier(s): audio:7541; APSdigrec_1414; Recording Number: 09; Program Number: 12
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Love songs
Date: 1968-07-21

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: Andrew Isaac's sorry song for Johnny Frank
Identifier(s): audio:7488; APSdigrec_1380; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 06
Description: An Up-the-Line song.; Ends with identification of this recording and previously recorded material from the same session (APSdigrec_1374 - APSdigrec_1380).
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Tanacross language; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-06-30

Title: Knik Indian (Dasnei) Song "ehey...uley...diqaqeni"
Identifier(s): audio:7703; APSdigrec_1565; Recording Number: 22; Program Number: 17
Description: Singing led by Martha Jackson after attempt by Mentasta Pete to begin song.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Dena'ina language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music
Date: 1968-08-22

Title: Titus John's Song about Drunken Men like Muskrats
Identifier(s): audio:7734; APSdigrec_1597; Recording Number: 23; Program Number: 24
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Love songs
Date: 1968-08-29