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Ancient Land: Sacred Whale : The Inuit Hunt and Its Rituals
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780374104979
 
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (April 1, 1994)
9780374104979 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $20.00
About: A chronicle of the lives and culture of the Tikigaq people of Point Hope, Alaska, is based on a long series of poems that detail the ritual year and its stories
Paperback
Book cover for 9780865474888
 
Reprint edition from North Point Pr (June 1, 1995)
9780865474888 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $11.00
About: For the Tikigaq people of Point Hope, Alaska - the oldest continuously settled Native American site on the continent - the annual cycle culminating in the spring whale hunt shaped every aspect of life for more than fifteen hundred years.