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9. Salmon Song, A shaman sings a song for the annual return of the salmon. The musical notations are the beginning of an actual shaman's chant as recorded in the literature on the Tlingit peoples of Yakutat , Alaska . The shaman himself and /or the boy associated with many salmon stories from the Northwest Coast, lies just above the lateral fin. Limited to 195 images in four colors, 22 X 35 on archival stock. 1992. $200.