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Once upon an Eskimo time / Edna Wilder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781602231146
  • 1602231141
  • 1602230560
  • 9781602230569
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Once upon an Eskimo time.DDC classification:
  • 979.8004/971 B 22
LOC classification:
  • E99.E7 T838 2009eb
Online resources:
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.
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  • digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
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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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.

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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