Once Upon an Eskimo Time A Year of Eskimo Life Before the White Man Came Edna Wilder
This is the tale of the tenth year in the life of Nedercook as told to her daughter, Edna Wilder. Nedercook's narrative begins in the spring at the end of "the cold, dark days of winter."
Nedercook's delicately rendered descriptions tell of events, ceremonies, and details in the daily life of people from the far north. This is a land where every day's weather determines what each person will do to find, cook, and store food; where the people will relieve themselves; where the moss used for personal hygiene, menstruating women, and baby diapers will be found; what will be wrapped around the newborns who, within hours of birth, are strapped to their mothers' backs. Interwoven with these particulars of daily life are the ancient legends, told to Nedercook by her parents with the delightful requirement that she herself tell them again and again until she gets them right.
This story of one year in a young Eskimo girl's life is a powerful and tender tribute to some of America's first peoples.
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Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books 1st edition, 1987 184 pages Size: 8.5 x 5.5 Product type: paperback ISBN 978-0882402741
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