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Salmon boy = Shanyaak'utlaax̲  Cover Image Book Book

Salmon boy = Shanyaak'utlaax̲ / Johnny Marks, Hans Chester, David Katzeek, Nora Dauenhauer k̲a and Richard Dauenhauer-ch áwé yax̲ hás ayawsitee = edited by Johnny Marks, Hans Chester, David Katzeek, Nora Dauenhauer, and Richard Dauenhauer ; Michaela Goade-ch kawshixít = illustrated by Michaela Goade.

Marks, Johnny, 1943-2009 (editor.). Chester, Hans, (editor.). Katzeek, David, (editor.). Dauenhauer, Nora, (editor.). Dauenhauer, Richard, (editor.). Goade, Michaela, (illustrator.). Sealaska Heritage Foundation, (issuing body.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781946019028
  • ISBN: 194601902X
  • Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Juneau, Alaska : Sealaska Heritage Institute, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Baby Raven Reads"--Jacket.
This is an update of the 2004 edition published by Sealaska Heritage Institute.
After a Tlingit mother gives her son a dried piece of salmon with mold on the end, he flings it away in disgust, committing a taboo. This offends the Salmon People, who sweep him into the water and into their world, where they name him Shanyaak'utlaax̲ or Salmon Boy. Find out what happens to Shanyaak'utlaax̲ in this ancient Tlingit story.
Language Note:
Parallel text in Tlingit and English.
Subject: Tlingit Indians > Folklore.
Tlingit children > Folklore.
Salmon > Folklore.
Genre: Tlingit language materials > Bilingual.

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Homer Public Library P ALASKA GOADE (Text) 000144335 Children's Library -- Picture Book Available -
Homer Public Library P ALASKA GOADE (Text) 000148184 Children's Library -- Picture Book Available -


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