In a hungry country : essays / by Simon Paneak ; edited by John Martin Campbell ; with contributions by Grant Spearman, Robert L. Rausch, and Stephen C. Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paneak, Simon, 1900-1975.

Contributor:

Campbell, John Martin, 1927-2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paneak, Simon, 1900-1975.

Paneak, Simon.

Nunamiut Eskimos--Biography.

Nunamiut Eskimos.

Nunamiut Eskimos--History.

Nunamiut Eskimos--Folklore.

History.

Anaktuvuk Pass (Alaska)--History.

Anaktuvuk Pass (Alaska).

Anaktuvuk Pass (Alaska)--Social life and customs.

Genre:

Folklore.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 125 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2004]

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Supernatural 1

Koptogak 3

A Story about Three Brothers 5

Raven 8

Why the Muskoxen Were Turned to Stone 12

Taboos 13

Arlvaloiruak's Lesson 14

Scary Story 16

Parent of All Mosquitoes 17

The Story of Mouse 20

Chapter 2 The Hunting Trail 23

Early Times and Ways 26

My Hunting Life Begins 31

Rifles 37

Chapter 3 Trade 39

Early Trade 39

Early Trade 40

Trading North to the Arctic Coast 43

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 46

Riveted Iron Pots 47

Story About Nunamiut Eskimos 48

Story About Flintlock Gun 53

Story About First Made a Wooden Stove 56

Story About First Flour 56

First Bright Light 57

Chapter 4 War and Hunger 59

War 59

Foreign Invaders 61

Stone Knives and Warheads 61

War Games 62

Eskimos Against Indians 63

Eskimos Against Eskimos 68

Hunger 69

The Famine Years 70

Chapter 5 The Last of the Old Days 83

Story About Traveling Back in 1940 85

Appendix 1 Paneak's Plants and Animals / Robert L. Rausch 105

Appendix 2 An Anaktuvuk Genealogy: 1959 / Stephen C. Porter 109.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [117]-122) and index.

ISBN:

1889963593

1889963607

OCLC:

53076003