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Why did the author choose the Tlingit traditions?
the author could have picked any First Nation traditions, why do you think they picked the Tlingits?
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According to the author, he "first heard about Circle Justice from a prosecuting attorney in Minneapolis, who had gone up to the Yukon with several other lawyers and judges to learn Circle Justice methods from First Nation elders there."
We can infer that he was interested in the concept, and that he focused his research on the First Nation cultures, which included the Tlingit.
This information can be found in a letter from Ben Mikaelsen, which is posted on the AICL's (American Indians in Children's Literature) website.
