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• ISBN: 0295984716 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780295984711 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xxvi, 420 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, in association with Calista Elders Council, Bethel, Alaska, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-420).

Formatted Contents Note:

First day: Tools for ocean hunting: Small gaff -- Toggling harpoon point -- Float -- Paddle -- Model kayak -- Second day: Bows and arrows for hunting and for war: Bows -- Arrows -- Arrows with stone points -- Third day: More tools for hunting and fishing: Spear throwers -- Bird or rabbit spear point -- Extraordinary creatures encountered in the mountains -- King-salmon gill net -- Small-mesh gill net -- Small fishtrap -- Net gauges and shuttles -- Fourth day: Our things made out of wood: Chewing tobacco and snuff boxes -- Drum -- Bags and containers -- Qupurruyuli -- Bowl -- Man's bowl -- Fifth day: Containers -- Storage bag -- Woven grass bag -- Two squirrels -- Sixth day: Tools for working on things: Sharpening stone -- Sledgehammer -- Snow shovel -- Axe -- Woman's knife -- Double-edged knife -- Seventh day: Household tools: Pestle -- Lamps -- Cutting board -- Snuff tobacco -- Dipper -- Fire starters -- Eighth day: Personal adornment and human figures: Combs -- Labrets -- Earrings -- Dolls and human figures -- Ninth day: Women's sewing tools and belts and men's hats: Needle cases -- Buttons, bag fasteners, thimbles and needles -- Belts -- Bentwood hats and visors -- Wooden eyeshades -- Tenth day: Dance regalia: Dance hats -- Gloves -- Dance headdresses -- Eleventh day: Singing and dancing with masks: Drum handle and shaman drum -- Our ancestors were truly religious -- Legendary seal person wearing a gut rain parka -- Common loons -- Ircenrraq mask -- Dance fans -- Pretend raven -- Half-woman -- Twelfth day: Toys and games of strength and skill: Balls and round pucks -- Darts -- Turn to me -- Story knife -- Model qasgi -- Toy dolls -- Thirteenth day: Clothing: Bird-skin parka -- Waterproof skin boots -- Fourteenth day: Designs of the sky and annual ceremonies: Circular calendar -- Sun, moon, and stars -- Arguing over the name for the new moon -- Different ceremonies that took place from Fall to Spring -- Dance sticks -- Fifteenth day: I have hope that they gain more faith and knowledge of who they are -- Yup'ik transcription and translation -- References.

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