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Title: Love Song
Identifier(s): audio:7891; APSdigrec_1321; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 29
Description: "Jim McKinley and Martha Jackson thought this was a Love song from Dawson - possibly made up by Mentasta Pete's nephew. Supposedly it was answered by the next song."
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; Han language; Love songs
Date: 1958-08-15

Title: Dance Song from Moosehide Reservation, near Dawson: "hi ha ye"
Identifier(s): audio:7701; APSdigrec_1556; Recording Number: 22; Program Number: 08
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Materials recorded at Copper Center, Alaska, 1968. (Mss.Rec.68);
Subject: Han language; Ahtena Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Indians of North America--Alaska--Dance
Date: 1968-08-22

Title: Up-the-Line Song from Dawson
Identifier(s): audio:7901; APSdigrec_1332; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 40
Description: "Recorded by Jim McKinley (who has reputation of being best singer and dancer at Copper Center) and Martha Jackson, after they had listened to earlier recordings on this reel 8/16/58.... Jim McKinley announced: 'We are going to sing about our two sisters (CMcC & FdeL). We're going to see them again.'"
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; Han language
Date: 1958-08-16

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: Indian Schottische or Caribou Dancing Song
Identifier(s): audio:7856; APSdigrec_1325; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 33
Description: "There is a double drum beat. It comes from Dawson. The dancers imitate caribou pawing through the snow for food. (Identified by Mentasta people)."
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; Han language
Date: 1958-08-15

Title: Dawson Dancing Song
Identifier(s): audio:7878; APSdigrec_1326; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 34
Description: "'hwu' hu' hu' 'Eli'a!' Kate Sanford: 'That's the last one.'"
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; Han language
Date: 1958-08-15

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