Thornton examines the concept of place in the language, social structure, and ritual of southeast Alaska's Tlingit Indians. As he explains, place signifies not only a specific geographical location, but also reveals the ways in which individuals and social groups define themsleves. Thomas F. Thornton is associate? professor of anthropology at Portland State University in Oregon. He is editor of Haa Aan, Tlingit and Haida Land Rights and Use and coeditor of Will the Time Ever Come: A Tlingit Source Book.
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Thornton examines the concept of place in the language, social structure, and ritual of southeast Alaska's Tlingit Indians. As he explains, place signifies not only a specific geographical location, but also reveals the ways in which individuals and social groups define themsleves. Thomas F. Thornton is associate? professor of anthropology at Portland State University in Oregon. He is editor of Haa Aan, Tlingit and Haida Land Rights and Use and coeditor of Will the Time Ever Come: A Tlingit Source Book.
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