LEADER 04176oam 22007694a 450 001 996204081203316 005 20240424230412.0 010 $a1-283-07798-1 010 $a9786613077981 010 $a0-87421-376-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079923 035 $a(EBL)713787 035 $a(OCoLC)708059593 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474399 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11342432 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474399 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10448689 035 $a(PQKB)11611688 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442831 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16378 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC713787 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL713787 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/62655 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079923 100 $a19950619d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aWhen Our Words Return$eWriting, Hearing, and Remembering Oral Traditions from Alaska and the Yukon /$fedited by Phyllis Morrow and William Schneider 210 $cUtah State University, University Libraries$d1995 210 1$aLogan, Utah :$cUtah State University Press,$d1995. 210 4$dİ1995. 215 $a1 online resource (244 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-87421-199-9 311 $a0-87421-195-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aThe 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 dialogue 606 $aTales$zYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)$xStructural analysis 606 $aTales$zAlaska$xStructural analysis 606 $aOral tradition$zYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) 606 $aOral tradition$zAlaska 606 $aIndians of North America$zYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)$xWriting 606 $aIndians of North America$zAlaska$xWriting 606 $aIndians of North America$zYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)$xFolklore 606 $aIndians of North America$zAlaska$xFolklore 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTales$xStructural analysis. 615 0$aTales$xStructural analysis. 615 0$aOral tradition 615 0$aOral tradition 615 0$aIndians of North America$xWriting. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xWriting. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xFolklore. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xFolklore. 676 $a398.2/089970798 700 $aSchneider $b William$4auth$0801389 701 $aSchneider$b William$0801389 701 $aMorrow$b Phyllis$0801390 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996204081203316 996 $aWhen Our Words Return$91802714 997 $aUNISA