inupiat

"In this memoir of motherhood, love, and resilience, a woman and her toddler son follow the grey whale migration from Mexico to northernmost Alaska. In this striking blend of nature writing, whale science, and memoir, Doreen Cunningham interweaves two stories: tracking the extraordinary northward migration of the grey whales with a mischievous toddler in tow and living with an Inupiaq family in Alaska seven years earlier. Throughout the journey she explores the stories of the whales and their young calves-their history, their habits, and their attempts to survive the changes humans have brought to the ocean. Cunningham's voice is powerful: sharp, profound, sensitive, and unflinching. A story of courage and resilience, Soundings is about the migrating whales and all we can learn from them as they mother, adapt, and endure, their lives interrupted and threatened by global warming. It is also a riveting journey onto the Arctic Sea ice and into the changing world of Indigenous whale hunters, where Doreen becomes immersed in the ancient values of the I?upiaq whale hunt and falls in love. For this is Doreen's story, too-a fierce, feminist tale, touching on her childhood and her time living in a Women's Refuge with her baby, becoming a mother, just like the whales. Lyrical, brave, and fearlessly honest, Soundings is an unforgettable journey"--Provided by publisher.

A white boy transplanted from Chicago to the Arctic tundra of Alaska finds himself struggling to adapt to his new home, where he must learn to hunt, fish, and live off the land, separated from the constant call of consumer culture.

Cutuk Hawcly is growing up in rural Alaska in an Inupiaq village and after his brother and sister leave the traditional ways for life in the city, Cutuk wonders if he should too.

State trooper Nathan Active, born in Chukchi but adopted and raised in Anchorage, struggles to understand the native culture of the village where he is stationed when he is called upon to investigate the murder of a tribal leader who was stabbed to death with an antique harpoon that had been recently turned to the community in accordance with the Indian Graves Act.

Tells the dramatic story of the Canadian Arctic Expedition that set off in 1913 to explore the high north.

In 1917, Aaluk leaves for Siberia while her sister Nutaaq remains in their Alaskan village and becomes one of the few survivors of an influenza epidemic, then in 1986, Nunaaq's great-granddaughter leaves her mother due to a different kind of sickness and returns to the village where they were born.

At the first whaling feast of the season, a young Inupiat boy learns about the importance of the bowhead whale to his people and their culture. Includes facts about Inupiats and the bowhead whale.

The author provides a detailed memoir of his Alaskan heritage, life on the tundra, and years of fighting the U.S. government over Native Alaskan land rights.

A look at the unique culture of the Inupiat people of Alaska's North Slope and how they are adapting to a changing climate.

At the first whaling feast of the season, a young Inupiat boy learns about the importance of the bowhead whale to his people and their culture. Includes facts about Inupiats and the bowhead whale.