| Description |
1 online resource (440 pages) |
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Studies in anthropology ; no. 8 |
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Studies in anthropology (Lexington, Ky.) ; no. 8.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part One: Place, Time, and Person; Part Two: The Life; 1. At Camp; 2. A Child's View of School; 3. The New House; 4. War; 5. Fourth of July Footrace; 6. Bird Netting with Kakianak; 7. Nathan Joins the Church; 8. Unloading the Ship; 9. The Dream Seal; 10. A Hard Lesson; 11. Truant Hunter; 12. The Christmas Prograin; 13. A Crewman for Kogoyak; 14. Akoak's Death; 15. The Ancient Enemy; 16. High Seas to Savoonga; 17. Back to Southwest Cape; Part Three: Self and Society; Postlude; References Cited |
| Summary |
Here is a unique view of life as experienced by a young Eskimo. The autobiography was written by a youth in his early twenties who relates the details of his boyhood life, recalling the feelings accompanying his experiences. In addition to allowing Nathan simply to relate his story thereby illustrating the uniqueness of an individual life, Mr. Hughes sets the autobiography in a broader context, which illustrates the major trends in sociocultural changes in a small and isolated corner of the world. Not only were different answers required in this new evolving world, but different questions .. |
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Story of an Eskimo growing up on St. Lawrence Island during 1930's and 1940's and an analysis of the major trends in socio-cultural change in a small and isolated corner of the world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kakianak, Nathan -- Childhood and youth
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Eskimos -- Alaska -- Saint Lawrence Island -- Social life and customs
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Eskimos -- Alaska -- Saint Lawrence Island -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
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HISTORY -- North America.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Native Americans.
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Childhood and youth of a person
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Eskimos
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Eskimos -- Social life and customs
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Alaska -- Saint Lawrence Island
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hughes, Charles C. (Charles Campbell)
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| ISBN |
9780813163505 |
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0813163501 |
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