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Title: Song about Seagull (nAlbei) or Crow (sArani) eating something dead, caribou, fish, (dead man?):; Copper Center Singing
Identifier(s): audio:7905; local: APSdigrec_1304; local: 07; local: 12;
Description: "Variously identified as a song about Seagull (nAlbei) or Crow (sArani) eating something dead, caribou, fish, (dead man?).... It is apparently an Eyak song, in which the bird is addressed as 'grandfather' by the appropriate sib (?). Chistochina people in 1960 said it was sung by guests after a potlatch meal. 'We eat just like Crow and Seagull. We copy them.' (Possibly the bird is interchangeable, depending on which moiety is guest)."; ;
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Eyak language; Eyak Indians--Music; Potlatch--Alaska;
Date: 1954-08-15

Title: Eyak song:; Copper Center Singing
Identifier(s): audio:7861; local: APSdigrec_1198; local: 07; local: 06;
Description: ; ;
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Ahtena language; Eyak language; Eyak Indians--Music;
Date: 1954-08-15

Title: Tlingit or Eyak "Whale Gathering Song":; Copper Center Singing
Identifier(s): audio:7858; local: APSdigrec_1197; local: 07; local: 05;
Description: "Kate Sanford started the song, Bill Joe drumming. (7/23/60 it was explained that the song was sung slowly because Bill Joe had become mixed up). The song has a strongly accented beat; hu hu - and ends with clapping."; ;
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Ahtena Indians--Music; Ahtena Indians--Social life and customs; Tlingit language; Eyak language; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music; Eyak Indians--Music; Whaling--Alaska--Songs and music;
Date: 1954-08-15