The Dead Go to Seattle by Vivian Faith Prescott

Author:Vivian Faith Prescott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Hen Press
Published: 2017-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Swanton goes to Seattle, Washington, en route to Washington, DC, and presents his work among the Indians of Southeast Alaska. He gives a lecture at the Blue Moon Tavern. He fumbles through his Tlingit introduction, mispronouncing every word: saying the a like an English a and forgetting the tones. He scrapes his throat raw on the x’s. At the end of his presentation, Swanton proudly stands and tells everyone in Lingít that his Indian name, given to him in a traditional tribal ceremony by elders and youth, is Stink Ass, Tóok Chán (though he doesn’t know what he’s saying). Swanton says the name means “Mighty Warrior.” No Tlingits are present in the audience to laugh at him. No Tlingits are there to accept the research he’s presented as truth, or as trickery, for that matter. Back in Wrangell, Raven is still sitting by the fire at Institute Beach writing down stories.

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