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Title: Marching Song (kwack'qwan)
Identifier(s): audio:7036; APSdigrec_1077; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 06
Description: "Maggy Harry introduces the song in Tlingit. It is one supposedly used as a marching song by the ancestors of the kwack'qwan on their migration from the Copper River; now used by the kwack'qwan when marching to a house to which they have been invited as guests at a potlatch."
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Migrations; Migration, Internal--Alaska; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1954-05-27

Title: Nenana potlatch song: "a a hiye ho ho hiye"
Identifier(s): audio:7618; APSdigrec_1486; Recording Number: 13; Program Number: 16
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Tanana language; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-08

Title: Tlingit Dance Song, learned from Northway
Identifier(s): audio:7663; APSdigrec_1525; Recording Number: 19; Program Number: 19
Description: Part of an imaginary potlatch held at Copper Center. Part 16 of 24.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Tlingit language; Potlatch--Alaska; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music
Date: 1968-08-15

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: Northway Potlatch Song:; Copper Center Singing
Identifier(s): audio:7854; local: APSdigrec_1195; local: 07; local: 03;
Description: ; ;
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Upper Tanana language; Potlatch--Alaska;
Date: 1954-08-15

Title: Andrew Isaac's Sorry Song for Johnny Frank
Identifier(s): audio:7651; APSdigrec_1532; Recording Number: 19; Program Number: 26
Description: Part of an imaginary potlatch held at Copper Center. Part 23 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; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-15

Title: Dance Song, composed by Walter Northway, when at a potlatch at Tanacross
Identifier(s): audio:7737; APSdigrec_1739; Recording Number: 24; Program Number: 09
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Upper Tanana language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Dance; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-29

Title: McKinley George's Sorry Song for His Daughter, 1925
Identifier(s): audio:7643; APSdigrec_1517; Recording Number: 19; Program Number: 11
Description: Part of an imaginary potlatch held at Copper Center. Part 8 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; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-15

Title: Ring Charley's Sorry Song for his Brother, 1918, Chitina
Identifier(s): audio:7642; APSdigrec_1514; Recording Number: 19; Program Number: 08
Description: Part of an imaginary potlatch held at Copper Center. Part 5 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; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-15

Title: Dance (?) Song for Potlatch at Batzulnitas, 1916-18?
Identifier(s): audio:7710; APSdigrec_1560; Recording Number: 22; 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; Indians of North America--Alaska--Dance; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-22

Title: Sarani (Crow) Song
Identifier(s): audio:7059; APSdigrec_1088; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 01
Description: "It is a potlatch dancing song from Up-the-Line, Copper Center or Chistochina. The words apparently mean: 'When he's flying around, the Crow says he's going to see you some day.'"; 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; Potlatch--Alaska; Crows
Date: 1954-07-12

Title: Northway Potlatch Song:; Copper Center Singing
Identifier(s): audio:7908; local: APSdigrec_1193; local: 07; local: 01;
Description: "Beginning of song missed in recording. Bill Joe drums; Markle Ewan, Jim McKinley, Ralph Sanford were the chief singers."; ;
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Upper Tanana language; Potlatch--Alaska;
Date: 1954-08-15

Title: Another Shushana Song, for entering dance hall
Identifier(s): audio:7713; APSdigrec_1561; Recording Number: 22; 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; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-22

Title: Indian Party #2 at Tetlin in spring of 1961 for Martha Luke
Identifier(s): audio:7638; APSdigrec_1755; Recording Number: 28; Program Number: 02
Description: This performance was recorded in Tetlin, Alaska by Jimmy Joe. Copies of the recording were later given to Frederica de Laguna. A detailed list of the songs performed has not been located among the collector's documentation. Given the location of the recording, a significant portion of the songs are likely in the Upper Tanana language. Performance may include songs in languages of other nearby communities, though specific linguistic information is not available in the collector's documentation.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Upper Tanana language; Tanana Indians--Music; Tanana Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1961

Title: Northway Potlatch Song
Identifier(s): audio:7026; APSdigrec_1119; Recording Number: 09; Program Number: 07
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--Social life and customs; Upper Tanana language; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1954-08-05

Title: Potlatch given for Henry John, who died May 20, 1968
Identifier(s): audio:7639; APSdigrec_1752; Recording Number: 27; Program Number: 01
Description: This potlatch was recorded in Tetlin, Alaska by Jimmy Joe. Copies of the recording were later given to Frederica de Laguna. A detailed list of the songs performed has not been located among the collector's documentation. Given the location of the recording, a significant portion of the songs are likely in the Upper Tanana language. Performance may include songs in languages of other nearby communities, though specific linguistic information is not available in the collector's documentation.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Upper Tanana language; Tanana Indians--Music; Tanana Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1968

Title: Joe Goodlataw's Sorry Song for his Daughter (1962?)
Identifier(s): audio:7647; APSdigrec_1516; Recording Number: 19; Program Number: 10
Description: Part of an imaginary potlatch held at Copper Center. Part 7 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; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-15

Title: Potlatch given for Chief Luke, Chief Peter, and Roosevelt Titus by Jimmy Joe, Titus David, and Emma Titus [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:7636; APSdigrec_1754; Recording Number: 28; Program Number: 01
Description: This potlatch was recorded in Tetlin, Alaska by Jimmy Joe. Copies of the recording were later given to Frederica de Laguna. A detailed list of the songs performed has not been located among the collector's documentation. Given the location of the recording, a significant portion of the songs are likely in the Upper Tanana language. Performance may include songs in languages of other nearby communities, though specific linguistic information is not available in the collector's documentation.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Upper Tanana language; Tanana Indians--Music; Tanana Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1963-11-29

Title: Potlatch given by Titus David for his father Chief David, who died in 1923 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:7724; APSdigrec_1750; Recording Number: 25; Program Number: 01
Description: This potlatch was recorded in Tetlin, Alaska by Jimmy Joe. Copies of the recording were later given to Frederica de Laguna. A detailed list of the songs performed has not been located among the collector's documentation. Given the location of the recording, a significant portion of the songs are likely in the Upper Tanana language. Performance may include songs in languages of other nearby communities, though specific linguistic information is not available in the collector's documentation.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Upper Tanana language; Tanana Indians--Music; Tanana Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Potlatch--Alaska
Date: 1966-11-26

Title: Old Up-the-line Dance Song:; Copper Center Singing
Identifier(s): audio:7874; local: APSdigrec_1306; local: 07; local: 14;
Description: "Identified by Bacille George 8/28/58 as an old Up-the-line Dance Song, which he had heard as a kid at a big potlatch at Upper Tonsina, when his father gave away $3000."; ;
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Potlatch--Alaska;
Date: 1954-08-15