Heroes and Heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend Stephen Prothero ISBN10: 0520377508

ISBN10: 0520377508

and not only the craftsmen themselves

(and perhaps not the fastest learners)

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and frightening prescience to Pacifica

Heroes and Heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend Stephen Prothero ISBN10: 0520377508Over uncounted generations the Tlingits and Haidas of Southeast Alaska developed a spoken literature as robust and distinctive as their unique graphic art style, and passed it from the old to the young to ensure the continuity of their culture. Even today when the people gather, now under lamplight rather than the flickering glow from the central fire pit, the ancient myths and legends are told and retold, and they still reinforce the unity of the