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Evelyn Alexander : a life history in her own words / by Evelyn Alexander ; edited by Joshua Weiser.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 7690
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Evelyn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alexander, Evelyn.
- Athapascan women--Alaska--Minto Region--Biography.
- Athapascan women.
- Women--Alaska--Minto Region--Biography.
- Women.
- Singers--Alaska--Minto Region--Biography.
- Singers.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska--Minto Region.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Indian leadership--Alaska--Minto Region.
- Indian leadership.
- Athapascan Indians--Social life and customs.
- Athapascan Indians.
- Athapascan Indians--Alaska--Minto Region--Music.
- Minto Region (Alaska)--Biography,.
- Minto Region (Alaska)--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Local Subjects:
- Minto Region (Alaska)--Biography,.
- Minto Region (Alaska)--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Biographies.
- Music.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7690)
- Physical Description:
- 86 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fairbanks : Alaska Native Knowledge Network, Center for Cross-Cultural Studies, ©2007.
- Summary:
- Life story of Athabascan elder Evelyn Alexander, as told to and transcribed by Joshua Weiser. "Evelyn describes her experience growing up in the Minto Flats area [of Interior Alaska] and how the demands of day-to-day living forged a close relationship with the land and to those she shared her life with."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- My family
- Different camps through the seasons
- Four cabin
- Hunting caribou and moose
- My life with dogs
- Trapping
- Close calls with animals
- In service to her people
- Holidays and fun times
- Flu epidemic, 1923
- 1967 flood
- Getting an education
- What it all means.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 7690: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- ISBN:
- 1877962406
- 9781877962400
- OCLC:
- 155756444
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