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PEOPLE OF KAUWERAK; LEGENDS OF THE NORTHERN ESKIMO

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Oquilluk, William A.
Bland, Laurel L.

1973

Very Useful
Book
Iñupiaq
Referenced by: Alaska Yukon Library

Grade Level(s): 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Theme(s): Language/Communication, Cultural Expression, Tribe/Community, Outdoor Survival, Subsistence

William Oquilluk of the Seward Peninsula took it upon himself to document the stories, legends and ceremonies of the Northern Alaska Eskimo culture. Set against a theme of four great disasters and leading into the fifth- the complete destruction of the beliefs and values and the loss of the language through total assimilation into the surrounding dominant American way of looking at man and his environment. No story was included in this collection until William Oguilluk had heard the same version from five different individuals.

Information about the resource can be found at:
Alaska Yukon Library
Anchorage, AK
Telephone: (907) 474-5897
email: Alaska Yukon Library

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