Explores what it was like to live in Alaska from 1867, when the land was purchased from the Russians, until the territory achieved statehood in 1

Art activities include work with leather, whale bone, abalone, fox fur, bark, antler, trade beads, baleen, fish skin, feathers, grass and sinew.

807 entries. Includes subject index.

Pica's mittens are always turning up in strange places, but when he finds them keeping the newborn puppies warm in their box, he decides to leave

Eskimos help a priest stranded on a freighter in the Bering Sea to reach their island village in time to celebrate Christmas.

Sent out by his grandmother to find food, Amik consumes a series of animals of ever-increasing size and brings back more than he thinks.

A hungry giant is tricked out of his delightful supper.

When his older sister Julie brings home two small wolf pups, Amaroq takes care of the one called Nutik and grows to love it, even though Julie te

When an ice spirit enters his grandfather's heart, Tikkatoo goes on a dangerous journey beneath the seas and up into the skies to get a flame of