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Title: Dawson Hanging Song:;
Identifier(s): audio:7070; local: APSdigrec_1153; local: 10; local: 07;
Description: Song explained by Frank Charley: "In Dawson, 1903, a woman had three sons. They were hanging them for murder. The last boy said 'Goodby world, and goodby Mother,' when he go to hanging."; Recorded at Chistochina Song Fest.;
Subject: Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Social life and customs; Han language; Hangings--Yukon--Dawson;
Date: 1954-08-22

Title: Dawson Hanging Song
Identifier(s): audio:6744; APSdigrec_1624; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 12
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; Han language; Hangings--Yukon--Dawson
Date: 1960-08-14