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Give or take a century : an Eskimo chronicle / Joseph E. Senungetuk.

Summary:

First full-length work to be published by an Eskimo author.

Record details

  • Physical Description: x, 206 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: San Francisco : Indian Historian Press, ©1971.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Drawings, illustrations, and all art work by the author, Joseph Engasongwok Senungetuk"--Page [vi].
Formatted Contents Note:
Two worlds meet -- The Innupiat -- Kingetkin: Village of Wales -- Land and language -- Village and family -- The seal hunt -- Climate and food -- Our world in transition -- Eh Sah Ne: Taboo -- The hunter -- To Nome -- Departure by bush plane -- "Strange Noises" in Nome -- An Eskimo family in Nome -- Struggle for survival -- Civilization and its problems -- The old and the new -- The hide box.
Subject:
Eskimos > Alaska.
Inupiat > Social life and customs.
Senungetuk, Joseph E.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 99 .I58 S7 S46 1971 228771 Stacks Reshelving -
Lummi Library PNW E 99 .I58 S7 S46 1971 228772 PNW Reshelving -