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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: Big Mark's Sorry Song for his son
Identifier(s): audio:7583; APSdigrec_1433; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 07
Description: Composed by Big Mark of Tanacross, who died in 1905. "He start to die. Next morning get up. He chase that silver fox. See that silver fox track. [The tracks remind him of his dead son.]"
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Tanana Indians--Music; Tanacross language; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-07-25

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: 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: Tenas Waski Drinking Song, Chinook Jargon
Identifier(s): audio:7051; APSdigrec_1095; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 08
Description: "This song is believed to be Tlingit. Joe's uncle, Nikolai, used to drink and sing this song. He would pour liquor into the mouths of dancers as they danced passed him."; Recording concludes with identification of this song and the three preceding ones by Frederica de Laguna. See Related Recording.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Chinook jargon; Drinking songs--Alaska; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music
Date: 1954-07-13