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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458310503321

Autore

Wilder Edna <1916-2011.>

Titolo

Once upon an Eskimo time [[electronic resource] /] / Edna Wilder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, 2009

ISBN

1-60223-114-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

979.8004/971

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Soggetti

Eskimos - Alaska

Eskimo women - Alaska

Eskimos - Alaska - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

Seward Peninsula (Alaska) Biography

Seward Peninsula (Alaska) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Edmonds, Wash. : Alaska Northwest Pub. Co., c1987.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Foreword; Introduction; Description of an Inne ; List of Characters and names; 1. First Goose; 2. Miracle Man; 3. Squirrel Hunting; 4. Bear; 5. Nedercook's Enjoyment; 6. Eggs; 7. Women of the Sea; 8. Salmon Fishing Time; 9. Killer Whale; 10. Beluga Whale; 11. Farewell, Murres; 12. Colder Nights; 13. Winter Storm; 14. Big Black Duck; 15. Festival Time; 16. Marriage; 17. Under-Ice Net; 18. Nedercook Hurt; 19. Oopick Dies; 20. Barter; 21. Nedercook's Birth; 22. Seal Hunting; 23. Baby; 24. Catching Murres; 25. Rocks; 26. Spring

Sommario/riassunto

Continuing the sacred tradition of her ancestors, in Once Upon an Eskimo Time Edna Wilder retells a year in her Eskimo mother's life. Wilder eloquently captures the oral storytelling traditions of her people, and she employs descriptions of the weather and harsh climates of Alaska's Norton Sound to illustrate the hardiness of her mother's spirit. Family values, subsistence living, and the cycle's of life form a narrative that captures the now-vanished lifestyle along the Bering Sea.            "Readers of whatever age will enjoy Nedercook's delightful account of the day-to-day, legends, and be