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Title: Text 52: The man who married Thunder-Bird's daughter [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:3797; APSdigrec_2046; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 01
Description: This program consists of the researcher reading back a text in Quileute from Manuel J. Andrade's "Quileute Texts" (see Related Resource) to a Quileute-speaking consultant who assists in pronunciation, provides explanation, and suggests corrections. Interactions in English, with infrequent English translations of the text.
Source: Hamp, Eric P. Quileute recordings, [1971]. (Mss.Rec.80);
Subject: Quileute language--Texts; Quileute Indians--Folklore; Thunderbird (Legendary character)--Legends
Date: 1969-09-01

Title: Text 52: The man who married Thunder-Bird's daughter [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:3798; APSdigrec_2045; Recording Number: 10; Program Number: 03
Description: This program consists of the researcher reading back a text in Quileute from Manuel J. Andrade's "Quileute Texts" (see Related Resource) to a Quileute-speaking consultant who assists in pronunciation, provides explanation, and suggests corrections. Interactions in English, with infrequent English translations of the text.
Source: Hamp, Eric P. Quileute recordings, [1971]. (Mss.Rec.80);
Subject: Quileute language--Texts; Quileute Indians--Folklore; Thunderbird (Legendary character)--Legends
Date: 1969-08-31

Title: Song for the Thunderbird Screen
Identifier(s): audio:6863; APSdigrec_0602; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 04
Description: "Minnie Johnson explains [that this song] was composed in Tlingit by go.snA', and sung by Frank Italio, q'At'axítci."; Frank Italio also identified as "CAnkukedi (or dakAstina) 'Thunderbird Clan.')"
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Recordings at Yakutat, Alaska, 1952. (Mss.Rec.19);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska; Thunderbird (Legendary character)--Legends; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Tlingit mythology
Date: 1952-07-30

Title: Explanation of Song for Thunderbird Screen
Identifier(s): audio:6862; APSdigrec_0603; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 05
Description: "Minnie Johnson explains [that the preceding song] was composed in Tlingit by go.snA', and sung by Frank Italio, q'At'axítci."
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Recordings at Yakutat, Alaska, 1952. (Mss.Rec.19);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska; Thunderbird (Legendary character)--Legends; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Tlingit mythology
Date: 1952-07-30

Title: Explanation of Thunderbird Origin Story; Mourning song for go.snA'
Identifier(s): audio:6850; APSdigrec_0600; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 02
Description: "Frank explains Thunderbird Origin Story in Tlingit. At [approx. 2:45] Minnie Johnson urges Frank Italio to sing. Mourning soung for go.snA' with rapid beat of cane."; Correction made by collector on later recording that original identification of the language of the song--referred to as "yatqwan XEnaX (old people's language)"--was likely misidentified as Eyak and is instead likely to be "in some dialect of Athabaskan." Frank Italio also identified as "CAnkukedi (or dakAstina) 'Thunderbird Clan.')"
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Recordings at Yakutat, Alaska, 1952. (Mss.Rec.19);
Subject: Tlingit language; Thunderbird (Legendary character)--Legends; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska; Tlingit mythology; Alsek River
Date: 1952-07-30

Title: Explanation of Mourning song for go.snA'
Identifier(s): audio:6844; APSdigrec_0601; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 03
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Recordings at Yakutat, Alaska, 1952. (Mss.Rec.19);
Subject: Tlingit language; Thunderbird (Legendary character)--Legends; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska; Alsek River
Date: 1952-07-30

Title: Practice singing of Thunderbird Origin Song
Identifier(s): audio:6839; APSdigrec_0599; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 01
Description: "Prompted by F de Laguna, Minnie Johnson explains the machine to Frank Italio. Whistle at 1:04 minutes. Frank Italio starts to explain in Tlingit about gò.snA', the little boy who was lost and rescued by the Thunderbirds, when he is interrupted at 1:20 to 1:25 minutes by the entrance of Mrs. Annie Johnson. Begins singing mourning song for gosnA' at 2:30 minutes, and is interrupted by Minnie at 3:40 to 3:45 minutes. Ends singing at 4:22 minutes. Frank and Minnie and Annie talk. There is a reference to the Tlingit language; laughter at 5:00 minutes; reference to yatqwan XEnaX (old people's language); an argument from 6 to 6:30 minutes. At 6:50 Minnie Johnson tells F de Laguna 'Shut it off.' Machine is stopped."; Frank Italio also identified as "CAnkukedi (or dakAstina) 'Thunderbird Clan.')"
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Recordings at Yakutat, Alaska, 1952. (Mss.Rec.19);
Subject: Tlingit language; Eyak language; Athapascan languages; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Arguments; Thunderbird (Legendary character)--Legends; Tlingit Indians--Folklore; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska; Indians of North America--Alaska; Tlingit mythology
Date: 1952-07-30