Reindeer Files Database
| Author |
Date |
Location |
Subject |
URL |
| James V. Geary |
February 28, 1909 |
Kotzebue |
Native and White Perceptions |
http://ankn.uaf.edu/Resources/ReindeerFiles/728-731.pdf |
| MS Ref: | Box: |
B1 |
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| To: |
Eli M. Myers | ||
| Eskimo Names: | Michael Blake; David Black; Hannah; Charlie [Yukon Charlie Coffin]; Kitty; | White Names: |
A.N. Evans; Miss Cox; Eva [Geary]; Harnden; Sickles; Yorks; |
| Events: | Places: | Candle; Deering; the Noatak; "Outside"; | |
| Perceptions: | natives will die if they leave the state; adoption is a chance of a better life; Alaska too cold for white people; God's will; natives twist things up; Kotzebue Natives are lazier than Kobuk natives; | Treatment: | |
| Travel Themes: | Eskimo Trading |
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| Themes: | reindeer meat for the miners; infant funeral; "D.V."; malicious white people; Native custom of sending greetings to each other; | Trapping/Fishing/ Berry Picking |
salmon; fish nets loaned out; |
| Business or Organization: |
Ships, Boats, & Marine Equipment |
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| Books, Documents, & Articles: | Diseases & Infirmaties |
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| General Medical | double teeth | ||
| Comments: | Charlie and Kitty are siblings of Hannah; 200 salmon per day; "Yours in the Master's Service"; |
