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Raising ourselves : a Gwich'in coming of age story from the Yukon River

Title
Raising ourselves : a Gwich'in coming of age story from the Yukon River / Velma Wallis.
Author
Wallis, Velma.
Publication
Seattle, WA : Epicenter Press, 2003, ©2002.

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Description
212 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm
Summary
Born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children, Velma Wallis comes of age in a two-room log cabin in remote Fort Yukon, Alaska. Raising Ourselves is an irresistible story of growing up Gwich'in. It is gritty and sobering yet filled with laughter. But hope pushes back hopelessness, and a new strength and wisdom emerge.
Alternative Title
Gwich'in coming of age story from the Yukon River
Subject
  • Wallis, Velma
  • Wallis, Velma
  • Gwich'in Indians > Alaska > Fort Yukon
  • Authors > Biography
  • Alcoholism > Alaska > Fort Yukon
  • Gwich'in > Alaska > Fort Yukon
  • Écrivains > Biographies
  • Alcoolisme > Alaska > Fort Yukon
  • Alcoholism
  • Authors
  • Gwich'in Indians
  • Alaska > Fort Yukon
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Autobiographies.
Contents
Fort Yukon -- Itchoo -- Nina -- Pete -- Hannah -- Mae -- Siblings and seasonal friends -- Uptown and school -- Life in the sixties -- Times of change -- Turning points -- Back and forth -- Back home -- Neegoogwandah -- Learning new skills -- Struggles -- Going to Oregon -- Back to Fort Yukon -- Barry.
ISBN
  • 0972494472
  • 9780972494472
LCCN
  • 2002111759
  • 9780972494472
OCLC
  • ocm55644853
  • SCSB-14719756
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library