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Tables of Contents for Authentic Alaska
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Photographs
xi
2
Acknowledgments
xiii
2
Introduction
xv
15
Map: Alaska Native Peoples
xxx
1. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
1
26
Growing Up in Kivalina on Alaska's Remote Arctic Coast
2
3
Dollie Ahyahlooktook Hawley
Inupiaq Grows Up Traveling with the Seasons
5
3
Tina Maria Jones
Waterfowl Hunter's Dream Pursued by Family
8
3
Spencer Rearden
Life's Journey Around the Country and Back to Kiana
11
3
James Gooden
Early Lessons Learned from Grandparents
14
2
Julia Jones Anausuk Stalker
Remember Me
16
3
Hannah Paniyavluk Loon
Tundra Beckons throughout Life
19
3
Kathleen Uhl Sherman
My Life As I Remember It
22
1
Mildred Aviiksaq Savok
Writer Grows Up Eskimo in "Ancient" Alaska
23
4
Lucy Nuqarrluk Daniels
2. RURAL ALASKA LIFE
27
34
Native Food Nourishes the Body and More
30
1
Julia Jones Anausuk Stalker
How to Skin a Polar Bear
31
2
Linda Akeya
Making Jam from Fresh Tundra Berries Recalls Memories
33
3
Helena Hildreth
Fox Snaring, a Painstaking Art
36
1
Spencer Rearden
Quick Meal of Muskrat Serves As Nourishment on the Trail
37
2
John Cleveland
Inupiaq Woman Learns How to Search for Mouse Caches
39
3
Hannah Paniyavluk Loon
Inupiaq Recipe for Cooking and Gathering Sourdock
42
3
Shona Greist Nasruluk Andrews
How to Make Seal Oil
45
1
Carol Harris
Using Pallets to Warm Your Home
46
2
Jimmie Evak
Subsistence Means Keeping Busy Year-Round
48
2
Genevieve Norris
Sisters Incorporate Traditional Values in Modern Business
50
3
Dolly Arnold
A Boat's-Eye View of Fishing on the Norton Sound
53
4
Wilfred "Boyuck" Ryan
My Experience on the Blanket Toss
57
4
Sandra Russell
3. STORIES OF THE NORTH
61
24
Brother's Battle with Cancer Sends Sister Home
62
5
Blanche Jones "B. J." Criss
Halloween Mask
67
2
Mark Tucker
Remembering Grandfather
69
2
Rena Boolowon Booshu
Bear Scare
71
2
Rachel Sherman
Geese Hunting Provides Valuable Lesson
73
1
John Stalker
Dancing at a Traditional Potlatch
74
2
Luci Washington
Small Aircraft Flight Turns Silent after Frightening Experience
76
2
Geri Reich
A First-Hand Account of the Kotzebue's Water System Freeze-Up
78
3
Benjamin Uvigaq Brantley
Rescue on the Trail of Ice
81
4
Berda Willson
4. FORMAL SCHOOLING
85
30
Inupiaq Relates Hard Times in Elementary School in the 1950s
88
3
James Gooden
Lack of True American Indian History in Textbooks
91
5
Georgianna Lincoln
Teller Misled Alaskans on Project Chariot
96
2
Sheila Gregg
Learning about White, Middle-Class America in Rural Alaska
98
2
Lucy Nuqarrluk Daniels
Inupiaq Educator Provides Link between Elders and Students
100
4
Ruthie Sampson
Village English Spoken by Young and Old in Rural Alaska
104
3
Hannah Paniyavluk Loon
Writer Includes Self in Definition of Computer Nerd
107
2
Calvin "Sonny" Ikkitchiiq Harris
Higher Education in Northwest Alaska: A Dream Realized
109
6
Berda Willson
5. TRADITIONAL AND WESTERN CULTURES
115
40
When People Carrying Bibles Came
116
3
Blanche Jones "B.J." Criss
Death, a Part of Life
119
6
Lucy Nuqarrluk Daniels
Eskimo Dance: A Tradition of My People
125
2
Julia Jones Anausuk Stalker
Families Help Define the Meaning of "Native"
127
1
Spencer Rearden
Components of a Traditional Siberian Yup'ik Marriage
128
2
Rena Boolowon Booshu
Growing Up in the Shadow of the Ice Curtain
130
2
Eva Menadelook
Discrimination, a Reality in Alaska
132
2
Karla Rogers
Adult Child of Alcoholic Offers Hope for Herself, Others
134
2
Rebecca Gallen
Life Ain't Easy on Anchorage Streets for Inupiaq from Kotzebue
136
4
Geri Reich
Defending Inupiaq Traditions on Many Fronts
140
2
Charlene Agnatchiaq Ferguson
New Paths, Old Ways Contrast for Inupiaq Student
142
1
Verne Seum
Chores Should Be Equally Divided at Home
143
2
Anthony Lincoln
Inupiaq Woman Balances Work, Family Responsibilities
145
10
Geri Reich
Glossary
155
2
About the Contributors
157
10
About the Editors
167
2
About Chukchi News and Information Service
169
2
Index
171