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Where the echo began : and other oral traditions from southwestern Alaska

Title
Where the echo began : and other oral traditions from southwestern Alaska / recorded by Hans Himmelheber ; translated by Kurt and Ester Vitt ; edited by Ann Fienup-Riordan.
Author
Himmelheber, Hans, 1908-2003.
Publication
Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2000.

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Additional Authors
Fienup-Riordan, Ann.
Description
xxxviii, 224 p. : ill., maps; 29 cm.
Subject
  • Yupik Eskimos > Alaska > Nunivak Island > Folklore
  • Yupik Eskimos > Alaska > Nunivak Island > Social life and customs
  • Yupik mythology > Alaska > Nunivak Island
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index.
Contents
The frozen path -- Ethnographic notes on the Nunivak Eskimos -- The use of noseblood as a binding agent for paint colors among the Eskimos -- Unimaginable miracles in the poetry of Western Africa and the Eskimos.
Call Number
JGF 01-115
ISBN
1889963038 (alk. paper)
LCCN
98045979
OCLC
39923952
Author
Himmelheber, Hans, 1908-2003.
Title
Where the echo began : and other oral traditions from southwestern Alaska / recorded by Hans Himmelheber ; translated by Kurt and Ester Vitt ; edited by Ann Fienup-Riordan.
Imprint
Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2000.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index.
Added Author
Fienup-Riordan, Ann.
Research Call Number
JGF 01-115
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