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Gift of the whale : the Iñupiat bowhead hunt, a sacred tradition / Bill Hess.

Hess, Bill. (Author).

Summary:

"The Inupiat Eskimos have lived and hunted in the Arctic region of Alaska for 5,000 years. Their culture evolved in on e of the coldest, most inhospitable climates in the world around the seasonal cycle of ice and migratory animals."

Record details

  • ISBN: 1570611637
  • ISBN: 9781570611636
  • Physical Description: 224 p. : ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
  • Publisher: Seattle : Sasquatch Books, c1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject:
Inupiat.
Bowhead whale hunting > Alaska.
Inupiat.
Walvisvangst.
Baleines > Chasse > États-Unis > Alaska.
Baleine boréale.

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Lummi Library E 99 .I59 H8 H47 1999 248939 Stacks Available -
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