Tlingit and Yakutat, Alaska 1954. APS recording 30 Frederica de Laguna, Collector (1of 2)
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01-03 Shaman's Song of tek'-ic
Song is preceded by Charley White's explanation in Tlingit that he is going to sing the spirit cong of
his father's older brother, lXagusa [or tek'-ic]. Song is followed by repetition of the words of the song
in Tlingit. "The spirit is that of the teqwedi hero, lucwAq, and is called lucwAq yek or laXak'ina yek
'Spirit on top of Yakutat.'". Language as given: