tlingit indians

Contains a collection of traditional Tlingit folktales describing their customs and beliefs including the importance of the totem pole and potlatch.

Clark Woods struggles to raise his disabled and disturbed Native American foster son, Wade, while also trying to preserve his new marriage and family; but his determination not to abandon Wade is shaken by the boy's constant tendency to find trouble.

The wooden animals in a totem pole spring to life one night and fall into an argument over what order in which to stack themselves again.

A retelling of a traditional Tlingit story which tells how the Raven stole the sun for the people of the Earth who had been living in darkness.

A young man proves himself to be resourceful and brave, despite the mockery of his nagging mother-in-law, when he wears the skin of the ferocious sea monster he has slain.

Will the attack of the Spirit Bear destroy Cole's life or save his soul? Cole Matthews has been fighting, stealing, and raising hell for years. So his punishment for beating Peter Driscal senseless is harsh. Given a choice between prison and Native American Circle Justice, Cole chooses Circle Justice: He'll spend one year in complete isolation on a remote Alaskan island. In the first days of his banishment, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and nearly dies. Now there's no one left to save Cole, but Cole himself.

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.

Profiles the history, society, and culture of Alaska's Tlingit Indians.

Jenna Rosen, haunted by the drowning death of her son two years earlier, returns to Wrangell, Alaska where he died and is drawn into a battle with Tlingit spirits for the soul of her child.

Examines the culture and history of the Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest, providing information on village and family life, religion, hunting and fishing practices, and native arts.