Once upon an Eskimo time / Edna Wilder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilder, Edna, 1916-2011.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tucker, Minnie, approximately 1858-1979.

Tucker, Minnie.

Wilder, Edna, 1916-2011--Family.

Wilder, Edna.

Eskimos--Alaska--Biography.

Eskimos.

Eskimo women--Alaska--Biography.

Eskimo women.

Eskimos--Alaska--Social life and customs.

Seward Peninsula (Alaska)--Biography.

Seward Peninsula (Alaska).

Seward Peninsula (Alaska)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Originally published: Edmonds, Wash. : Alaska Northwest Pub. Co., c1987.

ISBN:

9781602231146

1602231141

OCLC:

893740972