K'etetaalkkaanee : the one who paddled among the people and animals : an analytical companion volume
Title:
K'etetaalkkaanee : the one who paddled among the people and animals : an analytical companion volume
JLCTITLE245:
Chad Thompson ; [illustrations by Cindy Davis].
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Publication Information:
Nenana, Alaska : Yukon Koyukuk School District ; Fairbanks, Alaska : Alaska Native Language Center, College of Liberal Arts, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1990.
Physical Description:
ix, 184 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781555000394
General Note:
Analysis of K'etetaalkkaanee / told by Catherine Attla.
"250 copies"--Title page verso.
Abstract:
Analysis and discussion of the meaning, symbolism and language of traditional Koyukon (Athapaskan Indian) stories of central and northwest Alaska.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-184).
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Contents:
Introduction. Koyuukon, Kk'edonts'ednee, and K'etetaalkkaanee -- The use of language in Kk'edonts'ednee -- The oral nature of storytelling -- Reactions to Athabaskan stories: subjective versus objective.
Chapter 1: The episodes. Fish camp -- Camp robber -- Rabbit -- The chickadee people -- Willow grouse, spruce grouse and Ptarmigan -- The one who spears through the ice -- Otter -- Grandpa, I have come to you -- Horned owl -- Marten -- Wolverine -- Shovel man -- Hawk owl -- The one married to his own hand -- The one with snowshoes bent up on both ends -- Where he spent the spring -- Fishhook -- How unlikely to be hanging by the neck from that -- When he shot an arrow into mink's leg -- When he grabbed raven's beak -- Where his older brother's skull came ashore to him -- He made a grave for the girl who had been given to him -- When he came to his enslaved older brother -- Little people -- Giant woman.
Chapter 2: Overview. Winter and summer stories -- K'etetaalkkaanee and the present -- Asides and commentary made -- During the telling of the story -- Other Koyukon versions of K'etetaalkkaanee.
Chapter 3: Characters in Kk'edonts'ednee. Characters found in Kk'edonts'ednee -- Travelers -- Avengers -- Donors -- Kin relationships -- Names.
Chapter 4: Situations in Kk'edonts'ednee. Dangers -- Interactions.
Chapter 5: time and place in Kk'edonts'ednee. Settings -- Distance.
Chapter 6: Other northern traveler stories. Broad themes of traveler stories -- Other traveler stories -- Canadian traveler stories -- Eskimo traveler stories -- Native accounts -- The distribution of motifs -- Bibliography.