Devilfish Bay: The Giant Devilfish Story

James, Rudy A,James, Loren M,James, Diana L,Carlson, Anna L

ISBN 10: 1891081004 / ISBN 13: 9781891081002

Published by Wolfhouse Pub, 1997

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Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona. Clean Pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Devilfish Bay: The Giant Devilfish Story
• Publisher: Wolfhouse Pub
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891081004
• ISBN 13: 9781891081002
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: James, Diana; James, George S.
• Condition: Very Good

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About the Author

A captivating storyteller and lecturer, Kuiu Tribal Spokesman and Historian, Rudy James draws from a rich Oral Tradition. He began life in a remote SE Alaska Tlingit Indian village. Dreams foretold his birth, his gender, and the leadership name or title that he would carry. ThlauGooYailthThlee means The First and Oldest Raven, and no one else can hold that name while he is alive. Rudy James is a member of the Raven Moiety, Thleenadih, the First House of the Dog Salmon Clan, the Teedgth Hit, the Shakan Kwaan. He is also a member of the Kuiu Kwaan. James remembers the years before Alaska statehood when members of his tribe lived close to their traditional lands, waters and resources and knew each other by their Indian names. His Tlingit name means the First and Oldest Raven, a name and title that no one else can hold while he is alive. His birth, gender and name were foretold in dreams. Rudy James grew up in a traditional Tlingit home, hunting, fishing and gathering to help put food on the table. As the sixth of fifteen children, this was no small task.