When our words return: writing, hearing, and remembering oral traditions of Alaska and the Yukon

• Other Authors: Morrow, Phyllis, Schneider, William
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Colorado State University. Libraries 2007
• Subjects: Indians of North America > Alaska > Folklore; Indians of North America > Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) > Folklore; Indians of North America > Alaska > Languages > Writing; Indians of North America > Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) > Languages > Writing; Oral tradition > Alaska; Oral tradition > Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska); Tales > Alaska > Structural analysis; Tales > Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) > Structural analysis; Yukon; Morrow; alutiiq; Deg hit'an; eskimo*; Yukon river; Yup'ik; Yupik; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87811

Edited by Phyllis Morrow and William Schneider. Includes bibliographical references. The title to this interdisciplinary collection draws on the Yupik Eskimo belief that seals, fish, and other game are precious gifts that, when treated with respect and care, will return to be hunted again. Just so,...