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Matthew Morgan and his Eskimo friend, Kayak, struggle against wind storms, starvation, wild beasts, and wild men in their search for Matthew's father, lost in the Canadian Arctic

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9780689500831 | Margaret K McElderry, September 1, 1977, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Determined to find his father who has been lost in a storm, a young boy and his Eskimo friend brave wind storms, starvation, wild animals, and wild men during their search in the Canadian Arctic.

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Kiviok the Eskimo searches for his wife and their two children who have been spirited away by a wicked raven

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9780689304194 | Atheneum, October 1, 1973, cover price $5.25 | About this edition: Kiviok goes in search of his wife, who, under the spell of a wicked raven, has flown away with their children.

Includes translations of traditional chants from a number of North American tribes including the Eskimo, Winnebago, Sia, Tenasa, Tlingit, Delaware, Papago, Pima, Haida, and many others.
By James A. Houston (compiler)

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9780689303067 | Atheneum, October 1, 1972, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Includes translations of traditional chants from a number of North American tribes including the Eskimo, Winnebago, Sia, Tenasa, Tlingit, Delaware, Papago, Pima, Haida, and many others.

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Hooits and his father the chieftain Sea Wolf, lead a party of unarmed braves into enemy territory in an attempt to make peace with the people of the Inland River

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9780152307608 | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 1972, cover price $5.50 | About this edition: After years of constant warfare, an Indian chieftain and the young people of his tribe take a daring unarmed trip into their enemies' territory seeking peace.

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Young Punik sets out to hunt caribou for his starving family, only to encounter wolves.

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9780152991043 | Harcourt Childrens Books, February 1, 1971, cover price $5.75 | About this edition: When the caribou herds fail to return in the spring, famine becomes so acute that a young Eskimo boy sets out alone in search of food.

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