People of the Noatak
Title:
People of the Noatak
JLCTITLE245:
Claire Fejes, illustrated by the author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
[1st ed.].
Publication Information:
New York, Knopf, 1966.
Physical Description:
xii, 368 pages illustrations, portraits 22 cm
Series:
Abstract:
The political and economic life of the Eskimo is changing as more and more young Eskimos receive higher education and skilled training. Eskimos are encouraged to enter all phases of life and employment away from the villages to achieve better living standards. It is inevitable that many will not return. I began my trip north as an artist, but I began to write in the hope that my experiences may be of some value to the future generations of Eskimo children so that they will not forget their rich, proud heritage -- from author's acknowledgments.
Local Note:
Copy 1 author's autograph copy.
Contents:
Part I. Sheshalik -- White whale -- Chapter 1. Flight -- 2. Sheshalik -- 3. Women at work -- 4. Beluga! beluga! -- 5. Timeless days -- Part II. Point Hope -- Tigara -- 7. Baleen, ivory, and whalebone -- 8. Summertime -- 9. The people -- 10. Journey -- Part III. Nalukatuk -- 11. Jade adze -- 12. Asatsiak -- 13. Stefansson, Jenness, and Asatsiak -- 14. Preparations -- 15. Whale flukes -- 16. Nalukatuk dance -- 17. Aftermath -- Part IV. Black whale -- 18. Storm -- 19. Return to Tigara -- 20. Visiting -- 21. Ice world -- 22. Waiting for whales -- 23. Wind, snow, rain, and sleet -- 24. Give us this day -- 25. Wandering -- 26. Fulfillment -- Part V. The river -- 27. Kotzebue -- 28. The Noatak River -- 29. Village life -- 30. Saga of Kahhoaruk -- 31. Downriver.