Haa Leelk'w Has Aan' Saaxu / Our Grandparents' Names on the Land

Edited by Thomas F. Thornton

Haa Leelk'w Has Aan' Saaxu / Our Grandparents' Names on the Land

Edited by Thomas F. Thornton

Publisher: University of Washington Press

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 25 July 2012

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ISBN: 0295988584 ISBN 13: 9780295988580

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, this book highlights their descriptive force and cultural significance. Top page

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"Haa Leelk'w Has Aani Saax'u/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'. Thomas F. Thornton is professor of anthropology at Portland State University, Oregon. He is the author of "Being and Place among the Tlingit". Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: University of Washington Press

City: Washington

Pages: 256

More info: height 277 mm width 216 mm weight 612 gr thickness 18 mm

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Age recommended: Professional and scholarly

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC23) 910.01409798 Library of Congress Subject: Tlingit Indians - Alaska - Yakutat - Name

Departments: Area / regional studies;

Record updated at: 23 May, 2013 time: 14:43


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