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Medicine men of Hooper Bay : more tales from the Clapping Mountains of Alaska
Title:
Medicine men of Hooper Bay : more tales from the Clapping Mountains of Alaska
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[by] Charles E. Gillham. Illustrated by Chanimun.
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Publication Information:
New York, Macmillan [1966? c1955]
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x, 134 pages illustrations 21 cm
Abstract:
Eighteen tales from the lore of the medicine men who practiced mystical healing among the Eskimos of Alaska.
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Contents:
Neshmuk the miracle man -- "Never Sleepy Man" -- Pynaytok the fire man -- How Nayatok brought warm weather -- The villages in the sky -- Niyak and the eagles -- Why the wolves eat as they do -- Agayk and the dwarf -- The wicked old man of the sea -- The orphan boys and the Clapping Mountains -- The wolves and the caribou woman -- The kashim of the birds -- The orphan boy and the beavers -- How Attu became a great hunter -- The blubber boy -- The five sisters -- The adventures of Oolagon -- The festival for the seals.
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