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Ancient Tlingit stories of migration, ancestors, and shamans’ journeys.

Likoodzi Shkalneek Áyá / It’s a Wonderful Story

Tlingit Oral History and Literature

$78.95

  • Hardcover

    268 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2026

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Summary

This newest volume in the Ex Horto series, Likoodzi Shkalneek Áyá / It’s a Wonderful Story: Tlingit Oral History and Literature, features stories of an ancient migration over glaciers, cycles of legendary clan ancestors, and visionary journeys of shamans by Shaadaaxʼ Robert Zuboff (1893-1974), a master storyteller in the Tlingit language.

Led by Tlingit-Inupiaq poet and scholar Khaagwáask’ Ishmael Hope, a team of scholars and Tlingit Elders have transcribed and translated the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780884025498
ISBN-10:0884025497
Author:Shaadaax’ Robert Zuboff, Khaagwáask’ Ishmael Hope, Matthew Spellberg
Publisher:Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Imprint:Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:268
Release Date:1 September 2026
Dimensions:203mm x 254mm
Series:Ex Horto: Dumbarton Oaks Texts in Garden and Landscape Studies
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Likoodzi Shkalneek Áyá / It’s a Wonderful Story by Shaadaax’ Robert Zuboff - ISBN: 9780884025498
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About The Author

Shaadaax’ Robert Zuboff

Khaagwáask’ Ishmael Hope is a Tlingit and Inupiaq poet, Indigenous scholar, video game writer, film actor, and novelist. Matthew Spellberg is dean and chair of literature at Outer Coast in Sitka, Alaska.

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