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1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Originally published: Edmonds, Wash. : Alaska Northwest Pub. Company, ©1987. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
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Tucker, Minnie, approximately 1858-1979.
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Wilder, Edna, 1916-2011 -- Family.
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Eskimos -- Alaska -- Biography.
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Eskimo women -- Alaska -- Biography.
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Eskimos -- Alaska -- Social life and customs.
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Seward Peninsula (Alaska) -- Biography.
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Seward Peninsula (Alaska) -- Social life and customs.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wilder, Edna, 1916- Once upon an Eskimo time. Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008051330 |
| ISBN |
9781602231146 (electronic bk.) |
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1602231141 (electronic bk.) |
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