{"product_id":"tanaina-tales-from-alaska-volume-bill-vaudrin-9780806114149","title":"Tanaina Tales from Alaska: Volume 96","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young Chippewa Indian from Minnesota collected these legends and stories told by the Tanaina Indians of southwestern Alaska. Called suk-tus (\"legend-stories\") and stemming from the seventeenth century, they are anecdotal narratives centered on a particular animal or animals common to the Tanaina country. Thus the tales are peopled with foxes, beavers, wolverines, porcupines, and other animals, some of which disguise themselves in human form for sinister purposes and all of which have human desires and weaknesses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccording to the author, some embellishments in the stories certainly resulted from contact with Western civilization, particularly during the Russian and early fur-trading periods, but basically they are aboriginal Tanaina and are told as they have been handed down through oral tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally, suk-tus were related to entertain and instruct, and they are as apt to do so for today's audiences as for yesterday's, reflecting both the outlook of their originators and the nature of the environment in which they lived.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Vaudrin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806114142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806114149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Bill Vaudrin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980556239103,"sku":"9780806114149","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d895bc97-3c74-43f3-98e1-373af25156ff.jpg?v=1683250577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tanaina-tales-from-alaska-volume-bill-vaudrin-9780806114149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}