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Title When our words return : writing, hearing, and remembering oral traditions of Alaska and the Yukon / edited by Phyllis Morrow and William Schneider
Published Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents With a vision beyond our immediate needs: oral traditions in an age of literacy / Elsie Mather -- On shaky ground: folklore, collaboration, and problematic outcomes / Phyllis Morrow -- "Pete's Song": establishing meaning through story and song / Julie Cruikshank -- Seeing wisely, crying wolf: a cautionary tale on the Euro-Yup'ik border / Robin Barker -- "They talked of the land with respect": interethnic communication in the documentation of historical places and cemetery sites / Robert M. Drozda -- A bright light ahead of us: Belle Deacon's stories in English and Deg Hit'an / James Ruppert -- The days of yore: Alutiiq mythical time / Patricia H. Partnow -- Lessons from Alaska natives about oral tradition and recordings / William Schneider -- The weight of tradition and the writer's work / Mary Odden
Summary "The title to this interdisciplinary collection draws on the Yupik Eskimo belief that seals, fish, and other game are precious gifts that, when treated with respect and care, will return to be hunted again. Just so, if oral traditions are told faithfully and respectfully, they will return to benefit future generations. The contributors to this volume are concerned with the interpretation and representation of oral narrative and how it is shaped by its audience and the time, place, and cultural context of the narration. Thus, oral traditions are understood as a series of dialogues between tradition bearers and their listeners, including those who record, write, and interpret."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Folklore
Indians of North America -- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Folklore
Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Languages -- Writing
Indians of North America -- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Languages -- Writing
Oral tradition -- Alaska
Oral tradition -- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)
Tales -- Alaska -- Structural analysis
Tales -- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Structural analysis
Oral tradition -- Alaska -- History and criticism
Oral tradition -- Yukon -- History and criticism
Intercultural communication.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Intercultural communication
Indians of North America
Indians of North America -- Languages -- Writing
Oral tradition
Tales -- Structural analysis
Indiens -- États-Unis -- Gazoduc de la route de l'Alaska -- Folklore.
Indiens -- Canada -- Yukon -- Folklore.
Tradition orale -- États-Unis -- Alaska -- Histoire et critique.
Tradition orale -- Canada -- Yukon -- Histoire et critique.
Yukon
Alaska
North America -- Yukon River Valley
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore
Form Electronic book
Author Morrow, Phyllis.
Schneider, William S., 1946-
LC no. 95032445
ISBN 9780874213768
0874213762
1283077981
9781283077989