Faith, food, and family in a Yupik whaling community /
"For more than fifteen hundred years Yupik and proto-Yupik Eskimo peoples have lived at the site of the Alaskan village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. Their history is a record of family and kin, and of the interrelationship between those who live in Gambell and the spiritual world on which...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
[2002], ©2002
Seattle : c2002 Seattle : ©2002 Seattle, WA : 2002 Seattle : [2002] |
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| Summary: | "For more than fifteen hundred years Yupik and proto-Yupik Eskimo peoples have lived at the site of the Alaskan village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. Their history is a record of family and kin, and of the interrelationship between those who live in Gambell and the spiritual world on which they depend; it is a history dominated by an abiding desire for community survival."--BOOK JACKET "For more than fifteen hundred years Yupik and proto-Yupik Eskimo peoples have lived at the site of the Alaskan village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. Their history is a record of family and kin, and of the interrelationship between those who live in Gambell and the spiritual world on which they depend; it is a history dominated by an abiding desire for community survival."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC "A McLellan book." |
| Physical Description: | xi, 364 p. : ill. ; 24 cm xi, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm xi, 364 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm xi, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-350) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-350) and index |
| ISBN: | 0295981881 (paper : alk. paper) 0295981881 029598189X (cloth : alk. paper) 029598189X 9780295981888 (paper : alk. paper) 9780295981888 9780295981895 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780295981895 |