Tlingit Oratory
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Discussion on the Koo.éex’ Read the paper by Lily White, “Koo.eex Tlingit Memorial Party.” Have a discussion in class about these questions: What is a Koo.éex? What is your understanding about what happens at a Koo.éex’? Have you ever been to one of these ceremonies? What did you notice? What did you understand and not understand? What would you like to know more about with the Koo.éex’? Why would anyone organize a Koo.éex’? What is its purpose? Why would you be interested in learning more about and participating in a Koo.éex’? What are some of the major elements of a Koo.éex’? What happens at the beginning, middle and end of the ceremony? Silver Jim Jacobs—Kichxaak, Yéilnaawú, of the Koosk’eidí, standing by his painting Gijook X’éen, the Golden Eagle Screen of the Teikweidí. Koo.eex: The Tlingit Memorial Party Lily White, Chookaneidi and Paul White, Kaagwaantaan Approximately a year after the death…
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