Books written by Nora Dauenhauer

  • Life Woven with Song

    Beginning with Juneau and southeast Alaska , the theater expanded into tours of the Northwest , playing at most major ... My plays have been performed in the Kennedy Center in Washington , D.C. , in the Cowell Theater in San Francisco ...

  • Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors: Tlingit Oral Narratives

    Narratives tell of the origin of social and spiritual concepts and explain complex relationships. Text in Tlingit with English translation on the opposite page. Includes biographies of the narrators. Also extensive introduction and notes.

  • Haa Tuwunáagu Yís, for Healing Our Spirit: Tlingit Oratory

    Most speeches were recorded on Canada's Northwest Coast, primarily in British Columbia, between 1968 and 1988, but two date from 1899. Includes references and glossary.

  • The Basketry of the Tlingit ; And, The Chilkat Blanket

    The Basketry of the Tlingit ; And, The Chilkat Blanket

  • Shanyaak'utlaax - Salmon Boy

    This book is part of Baby Raven Reads, an award-winning Sealaska Heritage program for Alaska Native families with children up to age 5 that promotes language development and school readiness.

  • Haa K?usteey?, Our Culture: Tlingit Life Stories

    The appendixes include previously unpublished historical documents and Tlingit texts with facing translations. The lives in this volume show how individual people both shaped and were shaped by their time and place in history.