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1984-M-125  cont. 1984-M-129

LOGGER'S SHEET

LOGGER: Ilse Akedery
REEL NUMBER: #2 #3 0/7  
STAGE: Alaska Workshop
DATE: 7/7/84  
PRESENTER: Susan Levitas
GROUP NAME: Austin Hammond
REGION/STYLE: Tlingit Storytelling

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| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| Austin Hammond - | Tlingit storyteller/cultural historian |
| Anna Katzcek - |   |

CONTENTS:
1. Description of Raven headdress & Tlingit language.
2. Description of Tlingit courtships & choice for marriage. Replacing spouses when one dies.
3. Growing something in return to parents for daughter's hand.
4. Former customs.
5. Anna explains mate-choosing.
6. What future wife is taught to do.
7. Weaving.
8. Austin - importance of Raven.
9. How they dance
10. Anna explains of the raven.
11. Teaching prospective couples how to live.
12. Anna - story of medicine man.
13. Eagle man leading people to Chilkat river.