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Author Wilder, Edna, 1916-2011

Title Once upon an Eskimo time / Edna Wilder
Published Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages) : illustrations, map
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
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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Subject Tucker, Minnie, approximately 1858-1979.
Wilder, Edna, 1916-2011 -- Family
SUBJECT Tucker, Minnie, approximately 1858-1979 fast
Wilder, Edna, 1916-2011 fast
Subject Eskimos -- Alaska -- Biography
Eskimo women -- Alaska -- Biography
Eskimos -- Alaska -- Social life and customs
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Eskimo women
Eskimos
Eskimos -- Social life and customs
Families
Manners and customs
SUBJECT Seward Peninsula (Alaska) -- Biography
Seward Peninsula (Alaska) -- Social life and customs
Subject Alaska
Alaska -- Seward Peninsula
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008051330
ISBN 9781602231146
1602231141