Level 4 – Advanced Practice (High School) | Language Arts & Oral Narratives | Oral Narration

Page 1 Department of Education Grant Award 84.356A Aan Yatx’u Saani Deiyi, Noble Peoples Path Aas Khwáan Tree People By: Taa Gooch, Clarence Jackson Retold (by permission): Kingeistí, David Katzeek Introduction This story was told by the late Clarence Jackson of the Tsaagweidí, Eagle/Killerwhale clan from Kake, Alaska. He told this story at the celebration held in Kake, Alaska in 2012. The celebration was Kake 100 Years Later. This marked the day when it was decided to set aside traditions, customs and practice of old, to pursue the new ways that were flooding the land with the coming of the Western European ways of living. Kingeistí interpreted the story as the story was being told to a packed A.N.B (Alaska Native Brotherhood) Hall. The story was received with great joy and emotion that would be hard to describe. The spirit and response of this story could only be experienced to…