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Title: Kenny Lake, (i.e. Willow Creek) George's Doctor Song
Identifier(s): audio:7586; APSdigrec_1473; Recording Number: 13; Program Number: 03
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1968-07-28

Title: Chitina Charley's Sleep Doctor Song: "I fly back home alive"
Identifier(s): audio:7700; APSdigrec_1542; Recording Number: 21; Program Number: 03
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-17

Title: Big Stickwan's Sleep Doctor Song: "Different People Give It"
Identifier(s): audio:7563; APSdigrec_1447; Recording Number: 12; Program Number: 02
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Shamanism--Alaska; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language
Date: 1968-07-31

Title: Shaman's Song
Identifier(s): audio:6967; local: APSdigrec_1057; local: 06; local: 01
Description: "Jenny Jack sings shaman's song belonging to t'ek'-ic. The spirit is gAgan-yAtx'i, Sun's Children. The words are Tsimshian."
Subject: Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Shamanism--Alaska; Tlingit Indians--Religion
Date: 1954-05-10

Title: Martha tells story of her life
Identifier(s): audio:7507; APSdigrec_1395; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 03
Description: - Big Stickwan's Sleep Doctor Song: "Way down. North I get man." (repeated once)- Song 2: Big Stickwan's "New People Come to Us"- Song 3: Big Stickwan's Maybe God way."- Song 4: Gakona George's Sleep Doctor Song "Me, Bad Man"- Song 5: Gakona George's "Different Woman (I) Give to You" (repeated once)- Song 6: Gakona George's "Thunder is Far Off" (repeated once); 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.; Interview includes 6 shaman's songs.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena Indians--Music; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1968-07-12

Title: Shaman's Song of tek'-ic
Identifier(s): audio:6908; APSdigrec_0991; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 03
Description: Song is preceded by Charley White's explanation in Tlingit that he is going to sing the spirit cong of his father's older brother, lXagusa [or tek'-ic]. Song is followed by repetition of the words of the song in Tlingit. "The spirit is that of the teqwedi hero, lucwAq, and is called lucwAq yek or laXak'ina yek 'Spirit on top of Yakutat.'"; 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. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Tlingit Indians--Religion; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1954-03-23

Title: Shaman's Song
Identifier(s): audio:6950; APSdigrec_1054; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 16
Description: "Mrs. Chester Johnson introduces the song in Tlingit. It belonged to her father's mother's father, qalaXetl or ltuneX'. His spirit was tlIngit-ani-Adi qu yek or Smallpox Spirit, probably referring to the epidemic of 1838."; Recording ends with identification of song by Frederica de Laguna. 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. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Tsimshian language; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Tlingit Indians--Religion; Smallpox--Alaska; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1954-06-10

Title: Another Shaman's Song
Identifier(s): audio:6941; APSdigrec_1055; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 17
Description: Mrs. Chester Johnson introduces the song in Tlingit. One of four songs belonging to her father's mother's father; also given by the Smallpox Spirits. The words are in Tsimshian.; Recording ends with identification of this song and the song recorded prior to it by Frederica de Laguna. For other song, see Related Recording. 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. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Tsimshian language; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Tlingit Indians--Religion; Smallpox--Alaska; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1954-06-10

Title: Skookum John's Doctor Song about God
Identifier(s): audio:7577; APSdigrec_1474; Recording Number: 13; Program Number: 04
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1968-07-28

Title: Martha's Father's Uncle's Sleep Doctor Song
Identifier(s): audio:7595; APSdigrec_1449; Recording Number: 12; Program Number: 04
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Shamanism--Alaska; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language
Date: 1968-07-31

Title: Eskaldita's Sleep Doctor Song (no words)
Identifier(s): audio:7569; APSdigrec_1448; Recording Number: 12; Program Number: 03
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Shamanism--Alaska; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music
Date: 1968-07-31

Title: Shaman's Song
Identifier(s): audio:6925; APSdigrec_1014; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 14
Description: "This is a spirit song belonging to the shaman, gutcda, and refers to Xat-qwani, Fish-People Spirits."; 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. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Tlingit Indians--Religion; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1954-05-07

Title: McKinley George's Sleep Doctor Song (I): "In Heaven I have a place"
Identifier(s): audio:7706; APSdigrec_1543; Recording Number: 21; Program Number: 04
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-17

Title: Shaman's Song
Identifier(s): audio:7035; APSdigrec_1066; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 10
Description: "Nick Milton speaks in Tlingit about the song. The spirits were the children of the Sun and of a teqwedi woman whose relatives had all been killed in a war. These spirits came from SE Alaska but passed over all the other sibs. They came first to Xatgawet, a rich teqwedi shaman who lived on Knight Island, and were later inherited by t'ek'-ic who died in the 1880's."; Recording concludes with identification of the song by Frederica de Laguna. 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. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Tlingit Indians--Religion; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1954-05-12

Title: Alice Stickwan's Father's Sleep Doctor Song
Identifier(s): audio:7725; APSdigrec_1593; Recording Number: 23; Program Number: 20
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-29

Title: McKinley George's Sleep Doctor Song (II): "Far off SArani"
Identifier(s): audio:7719; APSdigrec_1544; Recording Number: 21; Program Number: 05
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1968-08-17

Title: Johnny Goodlataw's Sleep Doctor Song about Bush Indians
Identifier(s): audio:7617; APSdigrec_1446; Recording Number: 12; Program Number: 01
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Shamanism--Alaska; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language
Date: 1968-07-31

Title: Snatch of Sleep Doctor's song about YAngRadi sARani
Identifier(s): audio:7505; APSdigrec_1387; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 13
Description: 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. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena language; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1968-07-19

Title: kwack'qwan "National Song"
Identifier(s): audio:7052; local: APSdigrec_1082; local: 07; local: 11
Description: (1) Owl's Cry - before battle or facing death(2) Owl spirit song, belonging to the shamans, danAx-ic and ceq, Tsimshian words; 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.
Subject: Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Tsimshian language; Shamanism--Alaska; Tlingit Indians--Religion
Date: 1954-05-27

Title: Shaman's Song
Identifier(s): audio:6929; APSdigrec_1015; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 15
Description: "This song is also one belonging to gutcda and refers to the Xat-qwani. Not sure that it is not another stanza of [previous] 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. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Tlingit Indians--Religion; Shamanism--Alaska
Date: 1954-05-07