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In a Hungry Country: Essays by Simon Paneak
Paneak (1900-75) was a Nunamuit hunter, Panniaq, whose knowledge of Alaska and ability to speak and write English made him a unique source of information on the tribes and natural history of the area. The 27 essays cover the supernatural, the hunting trail, trade, war and hunger, and the last of the old days. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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In a Hungry Country: Essays by Simon Paneak
Paneak (1900-75) was a Nunamuit hunter, Panniaq, whose knowledge of Alaska and ability to speak and write English made him a unique source of information on the tribes and natural history of the area. The 27 essays cover the supernatural, the hunting trail, trade, war and hunger, and the last of the old days. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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In a Hungry Country: Essays by Simon Paneak

In a Hungry Country: Essays by Simon Paneak

by John Campbell
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In a Hungry Country: Essays by Simon Paneak

In a Hungry Country: Essays by Simon Paneak

by John Campbell

Overview

Paneak (1900-75) was a Nunamuit hunter, Panniaq, whose knowledge of Alaska and ability to speak and write English made him a unique source of information on the tribes and natural history of the area. The 27 essays cover the supernatural, the hunting trail, trade, war and hunger, and the last of the old days. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781889963600
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Publication date: 07/28/2004
Series: Accounting hall of Fame Ser.
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John Martin (Jack) Campbell has published widely in anthropology and related fields. His most recent books include Few and Far Between: Moments in the North American Desert (1997), North Alaska Chronicle: Notes From the End of Time (1998) and Magnificent Failure: A Portrait of the Western Homestead Era (2001). Currently, he is working on a personal account of U.S. combat intelligence operations in the Korean War.

Table of Contents

Forewordix
Acknowledgmentsxv
Introductionxvii
Chapter 1The Supernatural1
Koptogak3
A Story about Three Brothers5
Raven8
Why the Muskoxen Were Turned to Stone12
Taboos13
Arlvaloiruak's Lesson14
Scary Story16
Parent of All Mosquitoes17
The Story of Mouse20
Chapter 2The Hunting Trail23
Early Times and Ways26
My Hunting Life Begins31
Rifles37
Chapter 3Trade39
Early Trade39
Early Trade40
Trading North to the Arctic Coast43
The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries46
Riveted Iron Pots47
Story About Nunamiut Eskimos48
Story About Flintlock Gun53
Story About First Made a Wooden Stove56
Story About First Flour56
First Bright Light57
Chapter 4War and Hunger59
War59
Foreign Invaders61
Stone Knives and Warheads61
War Games62
Eskimos Against Indians63
Eskimos Against Eskimos68
Hunger69
The Famine Years70
Chapter 5The Last of the Old Days83
Story About Traveling Back in 194085
Epilogue99
Appendix 1Paneak's Plants and Animals105
Appendix 2An Anaktuvuk Genealogy: 1959109
Notes115
References Cited119
Index123
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