In Sitka, Alaska, the bizarre death of a big-game hunter years before is investigated by Cecil Younger, who uncovers a many-layered mystery involving the folklore and mythology of the local Tlingit Indians.

Myths and legends of the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Southeast Alaska. Author draws parallels between these Indian cultures and Greco-Roman culture, myths and legends. Contains drawings.

After rejecting all of her human suitors, the beautiful daughter of a Tlingit tribal leader declares that she would rather marry a frog from the lake.

Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood, and decides to spend a summer smoking fish at his family's traditional fish camp. The unusual story of his life and the untold history of his people interweave with the process of preparing traditional food as he struggles to pay his bills, keep the IRS off his back, and keep his business afloat. By turns...

As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.

Contains chapters on the origin of Alaskans, the Tlingit language, family, community, appearance, dress, totemism, legends, education, etc.

This study of the potlatch or memorial feast of the Tlingit Indian peoples of southeast Alaska gives a detailed account of the anthropology of death and ritual in this region in the nineteenth century.

Describes the arts and history of the Tlingit and Haida Indians, from accounts by early explorers and traders.