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1390 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 7
Shaman—Continued
professional services of, 670
relatives of, duties of, 683
rivalry, 671, 706 ff.
refusal to become, 670, 676, 719
shaman murders, 707
spirits of, acquiring, 670 (see also Shaman quest); animal, 678,
679, 745, 832; anthropomorphic, 679; inheritance of, 670,
678; land otter, 677, 745
suicide of, 685
Shaman quest, 676 ff.
animal tongue-cutting in, 675, 676, 677, 678 ff., 681, 695
family duties in, 677
taboos, 677
Shaman representations, 389, 418, 431, 439
Shaman seances, 194, 681, 698, 701 ff.; to detect witch, 728, 735,
736, 737, 741
Shaman songs, 675, 1280 ff.
Shamanism, 670 ff. legacy of, 723 f.; White views of, 720 ff.
Shark, mud, 53-54; catching of, 391; in mythology, 884; teeth of,
445
Shark, Mud, Crest, Teqwedi, Bear House line, 53-54, 452, 833
crest representations, 445, 691
Shark House, Teqwedi, Bear House line, 77, 189, 201, 251, 316,
319, 322, 325, 452
Shark House Posts, 317, 325, PL 143; Yakutat, Pis. 86, 87, 89
Shark Poles, 119
Shata, Dry Bay shaman, 203-204. See also Cada
Shawnista. See Stanislas
Shelikhov, Gregorii I., 112
account of 1788 Russian explorations, 132 passim
description, 1787, of: clothing, 433; harpoons, 377
on Tlingit religion, 809
plans of, 158, 166
report of 1786 travels, 114
Shelikhov Company, 17
Shelikhov-Golikov Company, 112, 158
expeditions of 1793, Yakutat, 138
explorations of, official reports, 137-138
SheU, knife, 404; scraper, 404
SheUfish, carving, 415; fishing bait, 389; shaman taboo, 683
Shepard, Mrs. Isabel S., 1789 Yakutat 198, 199-200, 201, 313
ShipbuUding, Blying Sound, 154, 157, 159, 166
Shipwreck, supernatural causes of, 120
Shirt, men's, 435, 439, 440 f.
"Shouters," 723 ff.
Sib(s), 19, 212, 217-229, 450 ff., 475
character traits, 451, 461, 485
fundamental units of history, 211, 212
individuality, 211, 451
local ties of, 212
loyalty, 212
member sohdarity, 485
moiety and, 450-451
origin stories, 210-211, 212, 453
property of, alienable, 458 ff.
rights and prerogatives, 451
rivalry, 485
social primacy of, 450
social ranking of, 463
subdivisions (see Lineages)
tribe and, 211-213
Sib chief. See Chief, sib
Sib crests, Yakutat, (listed) 452 (see also Crests)
Sibs, Gulf Coast, area divisions of, 18 ff., (listed) 20, 211-212;
territories, 19 ff., 230; Yakutat and neighboring, (hsted)
212, histories of, 217 ff.
Sib-children, relations to, 485 ff.; songs to, 485, 572-574, 1299,
1300-1303, 1304-1305, 1306-1310, 1313-1314
Sibling, equivalence, 484-485; reciprocity, 485; sharing, 485
Siberian springbeauty, 33, 407, 660, 663
Sidewise House, Tl'uknaxAdi, 77, 298, 326
SUver, 413; inlay, 319; jewelry, 444, 445; land otter protection,
746
SUver fox furs, trading value, 353
Sinew, uses of, 426, 427. See also Porpoise, etc.
Singing, at death scene, 718; in seance, 702; to heal, 708, 714; to
save Land Otter Men captives, 752
Sister, rebirth to, 774, 775
Sisters-in-law, behavior between, 494-495
Sitka, 158, 166, 169 ff., 175, 180 f., 184, 289
Sitka Jack (Katsex), 181, 203, 241, Pis. 210, 211, 212; land otter
warnings of, 747, 750; potlatch of, 181
Sitka Jake (Q'AtAstin), 181, 191, 241, 243, 257
Sitka Ned, Teqwedi, 201, 321, 325, Pis. 30, 75, 150, 211, 214;
carvings by, 447; Coward House builder, 324; family of,
320; wealth of, 353; witching of, 671, 740 ff.
Sitka Tlingit, 16; boats of, 338; houses, 212, 272, 284; Yakutat
trade with, 347
Situk George. See Yel-tlen
Situk Jim, Teqwedi, 78, 319, 321; crest shirt of, 440; regalia
buried with, 460; song of, 1168
Situk Harry, 78, 79, 321, 325, 671, 672; family of, 326
Situk River, 78-79; crest, 456; houses, 78, 320 ff.
Skate, in mythology, 53
Skeleton, human, in mythology, 877 f., 892
Skin Canoe George, 253, 324, 331, 671, 681, 717, 1168; curing of
land otter captive, 754; drum of, 697; house of, 320; song
of, 1300
Skookum Jim discovers gold, 900-901
Skookum root, PL 94. See also Hellebore
Skunk cabbage, 33; canoe covering, 344; fishing bait, 389; in
Raven Cycle, 868; medicine, 33, 258, 259, 655, 656, 657, 659;
preservative, 402; uses of, 408, 409
Sky, concept of, 795
Slate, uses of, 368, 413, 414, 667
Slave (s), 296, 297, 307, 309
adoption of, 463
death of, 312, 317, 414
"dried fish," 245, 279
exchange value of, 352-353, 459 (see also Coppers)
freeing of, occasion for, 222, 323, 448, 463, 464
in mythology, 883 f., 899
in trade, 177, 216-217, 347, 348, 349, 352, 353, 413, 443, 448
kiUing of, 442; to honor shaman, 681
owner and, relationship of, 137
Russian purchase of, 134, 158
social position of, 4 62
treatment of, 283; women, 121
Yakutat, 148, 184, 216-217, 352
"Slavorossiya," 158, 166, 167
Sled poles, 345, 346
Sleds, 345-346
Sleep, 759 f.; killing of, 90-91, 763. See also Qakei'tE
Sleep Bird, 43, 90-91, 763, 884
Sleep Bird Crest, Tl'uknaxAdi, 452; acquisition of, 48-49, 91, 227,
270, 271, 457, 458, 834
Sleep House, Tl'uknaxAdi, 83, 270, 271, 272; right to, 763
Sleep Pole, 291