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Haa léelk'w hás aaní saax'ú = Our grandparents' names on the land
- Title
- Haa léelk'w hás aaní saax'ú = Our grandparents' names on the land / edited by Thomas F. Thornton.
- Publication
- Juneau : Sealaska Heritage Institute ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 19-888 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Thornton, Thomas F.
- Description
- xxiii, 232 pages : illustrations, maps; 29 cm
- Summary
- Publisher description: Haa Leelk'w Has Aan' Saaxu / Our Grandparents' Names on the Land presents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names. Documenting and analyzing more than 3,000 Tlingit, Haida, and other Native names on the land, it highlights their descriptive force and cultural significance. With community maps, tables, and photographs, this book will be invaluable for those seeking to understand Alaska Native geographic perspectives. As Tlingits from the Hoonah Indian Association explain in the book: "Long before Russian, French, Spanish, and British explorers mapped and named the mountains and bays of the Huna Tlingit homeland, we identified special places in our own vibrant, descriptive ways. Tlingit place names reflect important natural resources, ancestral stories, sacred places, and major geological and historic events. Our place names describe more than just inanimate locations for we perceive the mountains, glaciers, and streams to be as alive and aware as ourselves. Rather, they capture the history, emotions, and stories of our enduring relationship with a living, evolving landscape."
- Alternative Title
- Our grandparents' names on the land
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- Texts in Tlingit are translated into English.
- Contents
- A note to the reader / Harold P. Martin -- Foreword: People of the land / Rosita Worl -- Introduction / Thomas F. Thornton -- Yaakwdáat Ḵwáan, G̲alyáx,̲ and G̲unaaxo̲o Ḵwáan -- Xunnaa Ḵáawu -- Jilḵáat Ḵwáan and Jilḵoot Ḵwáan -- Áak'w Ḵwáan and T'aaḵú Ḵwáan -- Sheet'ká Ḵwáan -- Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan -- Ḵéex'̲ Ḵwáan, Kooyú Ḵwáan, and S'awdáan Ḵwáan -- Shtax'héen Ḵwáan -- Hinyaa Ḵwáan -- Taant'a Ḵwáan and Sanyaa Ḵwáan -- K'áyk'aanii.
- Call Number
- JFF 19-888
- ISBN
- 9780295992174
- 0295992174
- 9780295988580
- 0295988584
- LCCN
- 2011052814
- OCLC
- 225872655
- Title
- Haa léelk'w hás aaní saax'ú = Our grandparents' names on the land / edited by Thomas F. Thornton.
- Imprint
- Juneau : Sealaska Heritage Institute ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language
- Texts in Tlingit are translated into English.
- Added Author
- Thornton, Thomas F.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 19-888