Anooshi Lingit Aani Ka / Russians in Tlingit America; the battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804.9780295986012 Anooshi Lingit Aani Ka / Russians in Tlingit America; the battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804. Ed. by Nora Marks Dauenhauer Nora Marks Dauenhauer (b. 1927) is an American poet and short-story writer and a scholar of the language and traditions of the Tlingit aboriginal nation in Alaska, of which she is a member. et al. U. of Washington Press 2008 491 pages $35.00 Paperback Classics of Tlingit oral literature; v.4 E99 It was not another battle between marauding ma·raud v. ma·raud·ed, ma·raud·ing, ma·rauds v.intr. To rove and raid in search of plunder. v.tr. To raid or pillage for spoils. whites and helpless indigenous. In fact, the Tlingit people thought themselves the victors in their war with Russia, even as they ceded their village and fort. In this collection there are oral histories, documents from both sides, a gazetteer gazetteer (găz'ĭtēr`), dictionary or encyclopedia listing alphabetically the names of places, political divisions, and physical features of the earth and giving some information about each. , a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. , and lists of Tlingit and Russians involved in the war. The subjects include accounts of early encounters, including a Native account of his first sighting of Russians, recollections of early meetings, and French and Russian visitors' accounts. The first battles in Prince William Sound Prince William Sound, large, irregular, islanded inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, S Alaska, E of the Kenai peninsula. It has many bays and good harbors; the large Columbia Glacier flows into Columbia Bay, in the N central portion. receive an account in a Russian letter, and a journal of 1796 describes the first settlements by Russians. Letters by officials recount the battles of 1802-04, and scholars describe the role of American and English shippers. The color plates and figures are beautiful and the coverage is comprehensive, making this a model record of motivations, attitudes and perceptions as well as events. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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