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Shtutdaʼina daʼa sheł qudeł = My forefathers are still walking with me : verbal essays on Qizhjeh and Tsaynen Denaʼina traditions /

Main Author:	Balluta, Andrew.
Other Authors:	Kari, James M.
Format:	Book
Language:	English Athapascan
Published:	Anchorage, Alaska : Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, 2008.
Physical Description:	xii, 147 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm.
Series:	Research/resources management report (Anchorage, Alaska) ; NPS/AR/CRR/2008-71.
Subjects:	Dena'ina Indians. Dena'ina Indians -- Alaska -- Nondalton -- History. Dena'ina Indians -- Alaska -- Nondalton -- Social life and customs. Dena'ina language -- Texts. Ethnology -- Alaska -- Nondalton. Oral tradition -- Alaska -- Nondalton. Dena'ina language materials -- Bilingual -- Juvenile literature. Nondalton (Alaska) -- History -- Sources. Nondalton (Alaska) -- Social conditions.

Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147). Foreword / by Karen Stickman -- Preface / by James Kari -- Andrew Balluta's roots / by John Branson -- Tributes from friends and colleagues / by Paul Haertel ... [et al.] -- Methods and format for Verbal essays / by James Kari -- Index maps and Dena'ina place names cited in book -- Part 1. Essays on Dena'ina beliefs and values: When I ascend into the high country ; Long ago our elders used to tell us things ; Gabriel Trefon was my uncle ; 'Flat rock that is embedded' (place name) / told by Gabriel Trefon ; Andrew Balluta comments on the sacred rock ; How we counsel one another / told by Gabriel Trefon ; The old lady's grandchild (or The boy who listens) ; Glacier water -- Part 2. Essays on travel and places: When I was small I went around with them ; 'Rock that structure is built against' (place name) ; The ground squirrel house ; Crossing streams ; Embedded sticks (as trail markers in snow) ; People perished at Kijik Lake ; 'The headwaters of evil creek' (place name) and the house where my grandmother was born -- When we got scared at 'fish trap lake' -- Part 3. Essays on environment, resources, and technologies: They would use various rocks ; How they obtained salmon long ago ; Regarding salmon foods ; Well-trained dogs ; They hunt for brown bear at night and bear butchering ; Moose butchering ; The sound of a crackling fire. Foreword, preface, and accompanying text in English; verbal essays in Denaʼina, with 2nd line word-by-word English translation. and 3rd line translation in regular English phrasing.
Physical Description:	xii, 147 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147).
ISBN:	0974966894 9780974966892