04176oam 22007694a 450 99620408120331620240424230412.01-283-07798-197866130779810-87421-376-2(CKB)2670000000079923(EBL)713787(OCoLC)708059593(SSID)ssj0000474399(PQKBManifestationID)11342432(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474399(PQKBWorkID)10448689(PQKB)11611688(MiAaPQ)EBC3442831(MdBmJHUP)muse16378(MiAaPQ)EBC713787(Au-PeEL)EBL713787(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/62655(EXLCZ)99267000000007992319950619d1995 uy 0engurbn#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWhen Our Words ReturnWriting, Hearing, and Remembering Oral Traditions from Alaska and the Yukon /edited by Phyllis Morrow and William SchneiderUtah State University, University Libraries1995Logan, Utah :Utah State University Press,1995.©1995.1 online resource (244 pages) illustrations0-87421-199-9 0-87421-195-6 Includes bibliographical references.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on Consistency -- Part I: Writing -- With a Vision beyond Our Immediate Needs: Oral Traditions in an Age of Literacy -- On Shaky Ground: Folklore, Collaboration, and Problematic Outcomes -- "Pete's Song": Establishing Meanings through Story and Song -- Part II: Hearing -- Seeing Wisely, Crying Wolf: A Cautionary Tale on the Euro-Yup'ik Border -- "They Talked of the Land with Respect": Interethnic Communication in the Documentation of Historical Places and Cemetery Site -- A Bright Light Ahead of Us: Belle Deacon's Stories in English and Deg Hit'an -- Part III: Remembering -- The Days of Yore: Alutiiq Mythical Time -- Lessons from Alaska Natives about Oral Tradition and Recordings -- The Weight of Tradition and the Writer's Work -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Polar Bear Story -- About the Authors.The title to this interdisciplinary collection draws on the Yupik Eskimo belief that seals, fish, and other game are precious gifts that, when treated with respect and care, will return to be hunted again. Just so, if oral traditions are told faithfully and respectfully, they will return to benefit future generations. The contributors to this volume are concerned with the interpretation and representation of oral narrative and how it is shaped by its audience and the time, place, and cultural context of the narration. Thus, oral traditions are understood as a series of dialogueTalesYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)Structural analysisTalesAlaskaStructural analysisOral traditionYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)Oral traditionAlaskaIndians of North AmericaYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)WritingIndians of North AmericaAlaskaWritingIndians of North AmericaYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)FolkloreIndians of North AmericaAlaskaFolkloreElectronic books. TalesStructural analysis.TalesStructural analysis.Oral traditionOral traditionIndians of North AmericaWriting.Indians of North AmericaWriting.Indians of North AmericaFolklore.Indians of North AmericaFolklore.398.2/089970798Schneider Williamauth801389Schneider William801389Morrow Phyllis801390MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996204081203316When Our Words Return1802714UNISA