Táaxʼaa

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2024921927

ISBN 979-8-218-47240-5

This is a G̱aanax̱teidí and Deisheetaan story.

Adapted from telling by Shaadaaxʼ Robert Zuboff, Ḵakʼweidí, Xudzidaa Ḵwáan.

Recorded, transcribed, and translated by Ḵeixwnéi Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Xwaayeenáḵ Richard Dauenhauer, edited to this version by X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell.

Full version published in Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors: Tlingit Oral Narratives, Edited by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer (1987), courtesy of Sealaska Heritage Institute.

Prepared for early language learners by Daaljíni Mary Cruise, X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell, and Haa Yóo Xatángi Kúdi educators.

Illustrations by G̲at X̲wéech Nick Alan Foote and Jaax̱snée Kelsey Mata Foote.

Book design by Cedar Group.

Designed in the USA. Printed in Canada.

This project was made possible in part by the Department of Education Alaska Native Education Program (ANEP) [S356A220058]