The Autobiography of an Alaskan Eskimo

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: VanStone, James W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1957
• Subjects: Artifacts; Dorset culture; Indian archaeology; Inuit archaeology; Hazen; Lake; region; Nunavut; Ruggles River region; Igloolik region; Payne; Lac; (59 25 N; 74 00 W) region; Québec; Bassin; Salluit region; Yukon; Alaska; Old Crow Flats; Eielson; Igloolik; Indian; Point Hope; Ruggles River; Salluit; Arctic; eskimo*; inuit; Old Crow
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66815

Recollections of Attungoruk, a Point Hope Eskimo born in 1928, of his childhood and school days, early trapping and hunting adventures, adolescent courtships, various short-term jobs at Candle, Kotzebue, Alaska Railroad, Eielson Air Force Base, etc.; his return to Point Hope, marriage and birth of c...