Puiguitkaat (pwē-weet-kaht) : the 1978 Elder's Conference
Title:
Puiguitkaat (pwē-weet-kaht) : the 1978 Elder's Conference
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transcription and translation by Kisautaq-Leona Okakok ; edited and photographed by Gary Kean.
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Publication Information:
Barrow, Alaska : North Slope Borough, Commission on History and Culture, c1981.
Physical Description:
x, 653 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:
9780936052014
General Note:
Includes indexes.
Abstract:
Oral history of the Inupiat of the North Slope, as recorded at the 1978 Elders' Conference. Subjects cover: the creation of the sun, origin of Pt. Hope, first white man encounters, taboos, whaling, sewing, hunting, shamans, spells, amutets, etc. Text in English and Inupiaq.
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Language:
English and Eskimo.