Once upon an Eskimo time

Once upon an Eskimo time

by Wilder, Edna

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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…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Once upon an Eskimo time / Edna Wilder.

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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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2009.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages) : : illustrations, map

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781602231146, 1602231141
  • oclc:ocn647930555
  • LC Classification:E99.E7
  • Dewey Decimal:979.8004/971

Table of 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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Subjects

Alaska Alaska -- Seward Peninsula Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical Eskimo women Eskimo women -- Biography. -- Alaska Eskimo's Eskimos -- Biography. -- Alaska Eskimos -- Social life and customs Eskimos -- Social life and customs. -- … Families HISTORY -- State & Local Inuits -- Biographies. -- Alaska Inuits -- Mœurs et coutumes. -- Alaska Manners and customs Seward Peninsula (Alaska) -- Biography Seward Peninsula (Alaska) -- Social lif… Seward, Péninsule de (Alaska) -- Biogra… Seward, Péninsule de (Alaska) -- Mœurs … Tucker, Minnie

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Wilder, Edna

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