Rosita Worl
55:09 - 55:51
"when we decided first to publish the Tlingit-Russian Wars, edited by and published, written by Dick and Nora Downhauer and that Russian lady, Lydia Black, we had the same issue arise. Do these stories belong to the Kiksutí? And we had a discussion and we said, that it was the first time that all of our clans united and all of our clans, you know, went to war."
“when we decided first to publish the Tlingit-Russian Wars, edited by and published, written by Dick and Nora Downhauer and that Russian lady, Lydia Black, we had the same issue arise. Do these stories belong to the Kiksutí? And we had a discussion and we said, that it was the first time that all of our clans united and all of our clans, you know, went to war.”
- Speaker
- Rosita Worl
- Timestamp
- 55:09 – 55:51
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- August 28, 2026
From the transcript
So you do hear our dance groups saying that. In the same way, you know, when we decided first to publish the Tlingit-Russian Wars, edited by and published, written by Dick and Nora Downhauer and that Russian lady, Lydia Black, we had the same issue arise. Do these stories belong to the Kiksutí? And we had a discussion and we said, that it was the first time that all of our clans united and all of our clans, you know, went to war. They didn't do it frivolously.
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