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Across the Shaman's River : John Muir, the Tlingit Stronghold, and the Opening of the North

Title
Across the Shaman's River : John Muir, the Tlingit Stronghold, and the Opening of the North / Daniel Lee Henry.
ISBN
9781602233300
9781602233294
Publication
Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2017]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©[2017]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
Local Notes
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Notes
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Summary
"Across the Shaman's River is the story of one of Alaska's last Native American strongholds, a Tlingit community closed off for a century until a fateful encounter between a shaman, a preacher, and John Muir. Tucked in the corner of southeast Alaska, the Tlingits had successfully warded off the Anglo influences that had swept into other corners of the territory. This tribe was viewed by European and American outsiders as the last wild tribe and a frustrating impediment to access. Missionaries and prospectors alike had widely failed to bring the Tlingit into their power. Yet, when John Muir arrived in 1879, accompanied by a fiery preacher, it only took a speech about 'brotherhood'--and some encouragement from the revered local shaman Skandoo'o--to finally transform these 'hostile heathens.' Using Muir's original journal entries, as well as historic writings of explorers juxtaposed with insights from contemporary tribal descendants, Across the Shaman's River reveals how Muir's famous canoe journey changed the course of history and had profound consequences on the region's Native Americans"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project Muse books annual backfile collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Contents
Intro: To Tell the Story
Prologue: Beacon
Part One. Jil'kaat Aani
Sojourners
Power Plays
Moving Heaven and Earth in Klukwan
Eagles in the Heart
Part Two. Dleit Aan'kaawu
True Believers
Crossed Paths
Unbecoming Indians
To'watte's Canoe
Brotherhood
Wilder Than
Trampling the Shaman
Epilogue: The Wild Line.
Genre/Form
History.
Diaries.
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