Between Russian Mission and Ohogamiut
there is a big mountain. On top of the mountain there is a pile of
rocks the Yupiks called "the nest."
A long time ago there were huge birds known as
Thunderbirds. They were large enough to carry caribou and
humans.
In those days people used to wear their parkas
Inside out with the fur on the inside. One dug a woman was wearing
her parka with the fur on the outside while she was down on the
ice when a Thunderbird picked her up and took her to her nest and
fed her to her babies. When her husband came back from hunting,
the villagers told him what had happened. He was very upset and
prepared to go to the top of the mountain to get her back. He took
his bow and arrows with him and went up to the nest.
When he got up to the nest, the woman's husband
looked inside and saw the baby Thunderbirds. They looked just like
wrinkled old men. He also saw what was left of his wife among the
baby Thunderbirds.. When he climbed inside the nest to kill them,
he saw all kinds of other bones too. While he was busy killing the
young birds he heard the cry of an adult Thunderbird returning to
the nest. When the Thunderbird got close, the man shot at it with
his bow and arrows. But it kept attacking. It was a long fight but
finally the bird flew away and was never seen again. This was the
last of the Thunderbirds ever seen these parts.
Told By:
Nick Isaac
Interviewed By:
Palassa Sergie
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Stories real and imaginary about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 1996 |
Christmastime Tales II
Stories about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 1998 |
Christmastime Tales III
Stories about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 2000 |
| Summer Time Tails 1992 |
Summertime Tails II 1993 |
Summertime Tails III |
| Summertime Tails IV Fall, 1995 |
Summertime Tails V Fall, 1996 |
Summertime Tails VI Fall, 1997 |
| Summertime Tails VII Fall, 1999 |
Signs of the Times November 1996 |
Creative Stories From Creative Imaginations |
| Mustang Mind Manglers - Stories of the Far Out,
the Frightening and the Fantastic 1993 |
Yupik Gourmet - A Book of
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| M&M Monthly |
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| Happy Moose Hunting! September Edition 1997 |
Happy Easter! March/April 1998 |
Merry Christmas December Edition 1997 |
| Happy Valentine’s
Day! February Edition
1998 |
Happy Easter! March/April Edition 2000 |
Happy Thanksgiving Nov. Edition, 1997 |
| Happy Halloween October 1997 Edition |
Edible and Useful Plants of Scammon
Bay |
Edible Plants of Hooper Bay 1981 |
| The Flowers of Scammon Bay Alaska |
Poems of Hooper Bay |
Scammon Bay (Upward Bound Students) |
| Family Trees and the Buzzy Lord |
It takes a Village - A guide for parents May 1997 |
People in Our Community |
| Buildings and Personalities of
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Marshall Village PROFILE |
Qigeckalleq Pellullermeng ‘A
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| Raven’s
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Bird Stories from Scammon Bay |
The Sea Around Us |
| Ellamyua - The Great Weather - Stories about the
Weather Spring 1996 |
Moose Fire - Stories and Poems about Moose November,
1998 |
Bears Bees and Bald Eagles Winter 1992-1993 |
| Fish Fire and Water - Stories about fish, global warming
and the future November, 1997 |
Wolf Fire - Stories and Poems about Wolves |
Bear Fire - Stories and Poems about Bears Spring,
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