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Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural
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Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural Paperback - 2003

by BECK, Mary Giraudo,

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  • Title Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural
  • Author BECK, Mary Giraudo,
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition Unstated
  • Condition New
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Alaska Northwest Books, 1991, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
  • Date 2003-06-01
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # WFM11
  • ISBN 9780882404066 / 0882404067
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 5.9 x 8.8 x 0.4 in (14.99 x 22.35 x 1.02 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Geographic Orientation: Alaska
  • Library of Congress subjects Tlingit mythology, Haida mythology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90001295
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.208

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THE venerated Kaka was the first person to confront the dreaded land otter and gain its powerful spirit.

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About the author

Mary G. Beck is a classical scholar (M.A. from Stanford) who has lived in Ketchikan, Alaska beginning in 1951 when she married a third-generation Alaskan. Besides rearing a family, she taught literature and writing courses for thirty years at Ketchikan Community College, a branch of the University of Alaska. Mary has an abiding interest in the Native culture of Southeast Alaska and a commitment to recording its oral literature. She is also the author of two other related titles, "Heroes and Heroines in Tlingit-Haida Legend," and "Potlatch: Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast "as well as articles on Native mythology and on travel by small boat to towns and Native communities in Southeast Alaska. She and her husband currently reside in Bellevue, Washington.

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