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Title: Northway Christmas Tree Song
Identifier(s): audio:7071; APSdigrec_1137; Recording Number: 09; Program Number: 25
Description: Recorded at Chistochina Song Fest.
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; Ahtena language; Upper Tanana language; Christmas trees--Songs and music
Date: 1954-08-20

Title: Northway Song
Identifier(s): audio:6753; APSdigrec_1613; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 02
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1960. (Mss.Rec.41);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Upper Tanana language
Date: 1960-07-27

Title: Sanford Teddy's Sorry Song
Identifier(s): audio:6752; APSdigrec_1623; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 11
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1960. (Mss.Rec.41);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Upper Tanana language
Date: 1960-08-13

Title: Northway Gospel Hymn "Let it Shine":;
Identifier(s): audio:7079; local: APSdigrec_1164; local: 10; local: 18;
Description: Recorded at Chistochina Song Fest.; ;
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Religion; Upper Tanana language; Hymns;
Date: 1954-08-22

Title: Whitehorse or Northway sARani (Crow) Song
Identifier(s): audio:7857; APSdigrec_1328; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 36
Description: "'ali hei' and clapping at the end. The crow sits down in a trap. Jim McKinley was critical of Bill Joe's singing. The latter admitted in 1960 that he had cut it off short."
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 Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena dance; Ahtena language; Upper Tanana language
Date: 1958-08-15

Title: Santa Claus Song
Identifier(s): audio:7903; APSdigrec_1324; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 32
Description: "Jim McKinley was a kid when he heard this song. They first saw Santa Claus in Dawson, but were afraid of him. This seems to have been when they had a potlatch for Jim's uncle. Recorded comments: 'That's a ghost song - k'iyegi.' ... 'Too high.'"
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 Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Upper Tanana language; Santa Claus--Songs and music
Date: 1958-08-15

Title: Steven Northway's Christmas Tree mourning song for his wife:; Copper Center Singing
Identifier(s): audio:7881; local: APSdigrec_1201; local: 07; local: 09;
Description: "(Made about 1954). 'Pity me, Christmas Tree.'"; ;
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Upper Tanana language; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska; Christmas trees--Songs and music;
Date: 1954-08-15

Title: Tetlin Sorry Song
Identifier(s): audio:6821; APSdigrec_1662; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 08
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1960. (Mss.Rec.41);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Upper Tanana language; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1960-08-27

Title: Frank Charley's Sorry Song
Identifier(s): audio:6772; APSdigrec_1632; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 20
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1960. (Mss.Rec.41);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Upper Tanana language; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1960-08-14

Title: Songs and conversation at Chistochina, Alaska, July 22, 1960 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6769; APSdigrec_1608; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Description: Songs, discussion of songs, and conversation.; - Long Lucy sings- Alaska Change- Whiskey Song- Tetlin Dance Song- Tanacross Sorry Song- Love Song-- Sourdough Jim's Love Song- Dasnei Song- Northway Song- Tetlin Airplane Trip- Sikayi- Doctor's Song- Doctor's Song
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1960. (Mss.Rec.41);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Tanacross language; Dena'ina language; Upper Tanana language; Drinking songs; Love songs
Date: 1960-07-22

Title: Songs and conversation at Chistochina, Alaska, July 23, 1960 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6743; APSdigrec_1610; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 01
Description: Songs, discussion of songs, and conversation.; - Sorry Song- Tetlin Sorry Song- Whiskey Song- Sorry Song- Northway Song- Northway Sorry Song- Sugar Candy Song- "Too Much Johnson" Northway Song- Mentasta John Sorry Song- Robert John's Love Song- Bill Joe's Song- Sorry Song- Tanacross Song- Gun HO Song- Love Song- Bill Joe's Love Song- Copper Lake Song
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1960. (Mss.Rec.41);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Upper Tanana language; Love songs; Drinking songs; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1960-07-23

Title: Lucy Adams' Sorry Song for her Son, Tetlin
Identifier(s): audio:7462; APSdigrec_1358; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 10
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Potlatch--Alaska; Upper Tanana language; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-06-16

Title: Kitty David's Tanana Boat Song, Tetlin (not completed)
Identifier(s): audio:7456; APSdigrec_1364; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 16
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Potlatch--Alaska; Upper Tanana language
Date: 1968-06-16

Title: Short snatch of Northway song
Identifier(s): audio:7452; APSdigrec_1349; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Potlatch--Alaska; Upper Tanana language
Date: 1968-06-16

Title: Andrew David's or Walter David's Sorry Song for their Father, Chief David of Tetlin
Identifier(s): audio:7464; APSdigrec_1359; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 11
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Potlatch--Alaska; Upper Tanana language; Mourning customs--United States--Alaska
Date: 1968-06-16

Title: Buster Jim's Dance Song, Northway
Identifier(s): audio:7475; APSdigrec_1368; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 20
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Potlatch--Alaska; Upper Tanana language; Ahtena dance; Indians of North America--Alaska--Dance
Date: 1968-06-16