Epic of Qayaq: The Longest Story Ever Told by My People 9780773573987
The Epic of Qayaq is richly illustrated from the Priscilla Tyler and Maree Brooks Collection of Inuit Art, housed at Car
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English Pages 145 Year 1995
Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Preamble: Where the Eskimo Came From
The Epic of Qayaq: The Longest Story Ever told By My People
Qayaq's Life with his Parents
Qayaq Associates with Birds and Animals and a Man who Transforms into an Animal
Qayaq Visits the Umialik's Village. The Influence of Ancestors Is Particularly Stressed
The Story of the Big Flood as it Was Told by Qayaq's Wife
From Another Storyteller: How a Young Orphan Boy Grew Up to Be the Umialik whose Daughter Became Qayaq's Wife
Qayaq Receives the Uplifting Influence of Ptarmigans and Caribou
Qayaq Visits Two Communities, One in Alaska and One in Canada
Qayaq Goes to a Western Community at the Mouth of the Yukon River and a Tlingit Village to the Southeast
Qayaq Visits the Headwaters of the Selawik River and Eventually Finds his Way Home
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