Early one morning I happened to awaken as my father quietly got ready to check his fish wheel.
An edition of Raising Ourselves
(2002)
Raising ourselves
a Gwich'in coming of age story from the Yukon River
1st ed.
by Velma Wallis
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Born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children, Velma Wallis comes of age in a two-room log cabin in remote Fort Yukon, Alaska. Raising Ourselves is an irresistible story of growing up Gwich'in. It is gritty and sobering yet filled with laughter even a to present. But hope pushes back hopelessness, and a new strength and wisdom emerge.
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Raising Ourselves
September 2003, Tandem Library
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in English
0613999533 9780613999533
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Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River
September 1, 2003, Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
Paperback
in English
0972494472 9780972494472
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Raising ourselves: a Gwich'in coming of age story from the Yukon River
2002, Epicenter Press
in English
- 1st ed.
0970849303 9780970849304
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Table of Contents
Fort Yukon
Itchoo
Nina
Pete
Hannah
Mae
Siblings and seasonal friends
Uptown and school
Life in the sixties
Times of change
Turning points
Back and forth
Back home
Neegoogwandah
Learning new skills
Struggles
Going to Oregon
Back to Fort Yukon
Barry.
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"Alaska book adventures."
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