Our Voices: Native Stories of Alaska and the Yukon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803289840)

Storytelling is a precious, vibrant tradition among the Native peoples of the Far North. Collected here for the first time are stories from the communities of interior Alaska and the Yukon Territory. These are the tales the people tell about themselves, their communities, and the world they inhabit. Our Voices showcases twenty storytellers and writers who represent a full range of Athabaskan and related languages of Alaska and the Yukon. Both men and women recount popular tales of ancient times that describe the origins of social institutions and cultural values, as well as meaningful, sometimes intimate stories about their own lives and families or the history of their people. As representatives of an art transmitted through countless generations and now practiced with renewed interest and vigor by people reclaiming their cultural heritage, these narratives create a broad, brightly colored, richly detailed picture of the world of the Far North, present and past.

Author: James Ruppert
ISBN-10: 0803289847
ISBN-13: 9780803289840
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2001
Pages: 394
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.05w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2001 pg. 101
Choice 05/01/2002 pg. 1586
Library Journal 11/01/2002