[Elizabeth Nyman, Animals ]

Elizabeth Nyman on animals. SHI: Audio recording of Elizabeth Nyman, Yanyeidí clan, speaking in Tlingit to linguist Jeff Leer, Jan. 6, 1986. Labeled �Nyman on animals.� Side A: 48 minutes in length. Side B: 48 minutes in length. Content by DK. Side A: This track contains Nyman sharing various stories with the general theme of the mistreatment of natural resources, the consequences of not respecting or understanding the environment and life; first she shares a story about her husband and an experience they had; to 17:50; then a story about her husband�s older brother, his words about a moose; to 22:12; story of two brothers that joked about a martin; to 24:37; story connected to field mice; to 32:29; a story about her son and processing salmon; to 36:57; story of a family argument, a man trapped in an avalanche, but rescued by a dog and a spiritual man; to 42:23; story about a young man who married an older woman out of respect and custom, but how his attitude toward her was wrong, how this pained her heart, and how she gave herself to an avalanche; recording ends abruptly at 47:52. Side B: continuation of previous story about elderly woman and the avalanche; to 2:56; story about her sister who used to tease mice; to 6:30; story of hunting with her parents and how her father interacted with maggots on a carcass; to 13:00; Nyman then shares what could be considered an interior version of the Salmon Boy story; to 25:16; then a story of a young woman that interacted with and lived with frogs, how she learned to understand them; to end of recording. Comments: The recordings in this collection were donated to the Sealaska Heritage Institute in 2013 by and in partnership with the Alaska Native Language Archive of University of Alaska Fairbanks, which holds the originals. This donation and partnership occurred for mutual benefit and to better document the content of these language recordings. In 2013 through an IMLS Enhancement Grant, Sealaska Heritage Institute was able to employ fluent speakers of the Tlingit language to review certain recordings in the ANLA collection. This work was conducted by elders David Katzeek (Tlingit name Kingeistí, Shangukeidí clan) and Paul Marks (Tlingit name Kinkaduneek, Lukaax.ádi clan). Zachary Zones, SHI Archivist, April 2014.