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Across the Shaman's River: John Muir, the Tlingit Stronghold, and the Opening of the North

Across the Shaman's River: John Muir, the Tlingit Stronghold, and the Opening of the North

Henry, Daniel Lee

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Native American History19th Century United States HistoryRegional: Pacific Northwest

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ISBN10: 1602233292
ISBN13: 9781602233294
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: Dec 15 2017
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Across the Shaman's River is the story of one of Alaska's last Native American strongholds, a Tlingit community closed off for a century until a fateful encounter between a shaman, a preacher, and John Muir.
Tucked in the corner of Southeast Alaska, the Tlingits had successfully warded off the Anglo influences that had swept into other corners of the territory. This tribe was viewed by European and American outsiders as the last wild tribe and a frustrating impediment to access. Missionaries and prospectors alike had widely failed to bring the Tlingit into their power. Yet, when John Muir arrived in 1879, accompanied by a fiery preacher, it only took a speech about brotherhood--and some encouragement from the revered local shaman Skandoo'o--to finally transform these hostile heathens.

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