Tlingit Language: Primary School
Description:
This unit explores the use of the spruce tree. The roots provided containers for cooking, hats to keep people dry and lashings for many of the tools used. The trunk gives us canoes, paddles and temporary shelters, and the pitch was melted down and used as an antiseptic on cut and burns. Many atóow--clan treasures--are carved from the trunks of spruce trees or woven from the roots.
Personal Names:
- Nancy Douglas
- Kitty Eddy
- Shgen George
- Kathy Nielson
- Hans Chester
- Rocky Eddy
- Linda Belarde
- Yarrow Vaara
- David Katzeek
- John Marks
- Mary Foletti
- Rose Natkong
- Jessica Chester
- Julie Folta
- Toni Mallott
- Annie Calkins