1. Arrival (August and September) -- 2. A Dream of the Loss of Childhood (September) -- 3. The Healer (September) -- 4. Embattled Politics: The Ancient Master Returns (September and October) -- 5. The Taste of Sea Mammal Awakens Inupiat History (October and November) -- 6. The Seal and Its Organs: A Prophetic Seeing (November) -- 7. Winter: Western Celebration Converted (November and December) -- 8. Winter Solstice (December) -- 9. The Messenger Feast: The Work of the Eagle (January) -- 10. A Man Lost in the Tundra: The Finding (January) -- 11. The Grandmother Speaks a Word (January and February) -- 12. The Laughing Mask (March) -- 13. Preparations for Whaling (March and April) -- 14. The Bowhead Whale: Balaena Mysticetus (April) -- 15. The Whale's Head: Presence and Absence (May) -- 16. Rich Parkas and Festival Food (May and June) -- 17. The Whaling Festival: Qagruq, the Beaching (June) -- 18. The Shaman's Four-Day Syndrome (June and August) -- Reconnectig After Absence
Conclusion: The Threads of Connectedness
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