"In 1921, Inupiat seamstress Ada Blackjack joined a a group of four white men who wanted to establish a trading post on Wrangel Island in the freezing Arctic Ocean. The explorers were stranded on the island when their return ship was forced to turn back due to ice. Facing harsh conditions and dwindling food supplies, the men died one by one, but Ada remained. Find out how she alone managed to survive the disastrous expedition"--Provided by publisher.
"In 2005, when Angela Hovak Johnston heard that the last Inuk woman tattooed in the traditional way had died, she set out to tattoo herself and learn how to tattoo others. What was at first a personal quest became a project to bring the art of traditional tattooing back to Inuit women across Nunavut, starting in the community of Kugluktuk. Collected in this . . . book are . . . photos and stories from more than two dozen women who participated in Johnston's project"--Back cover.
Edna Wilder recounts a year of her mother's life, Minnie Nedercook, who grew up in a Native village in Alaska's Norton Sound, and describes the culture, traditions, family values, and daily life.
"In 2005, when Angela Hovak Johnston heard that the last Inuk woman tattooed in the traditional way had died, she set out to tattoo herself and learn how to tattoo others. What was at first a personal quest became a project to bring the art of traditional tattooing back to Inuit women across Nunavut, starting in the community of Kugluktuk. Collected in this . . . book are . . . photos and stories from more than two dozen women who participated in Johnston's project"--Back cover.
Eight-year-old Olemaun begs her father to allow her to leave her Arctic home and attend school in order to learn to read. At school the nuns take away her Inuit name, cut off her braids, and force her to do manual labor. But brave Olemaun stands tall and teaches herself to read in spite of the meanness of those around her.
Margaret Pokiak-Fenton provides an account of her time in an all-girls school, during which she was forced to endure the machinations of the Raven, a nun who took an instant disliking to her. Pokiak-Fenton discusses how she was able to retain her Inuit identity against all odds while receiving the education she had always wanted. Includes black-and-white photographs.
the true story of Ada Blackjack, the "female Robinson Crusoe"
Caravantes, Peggy
Tells the true story of Inuit woman Ada Blackjack who survived being marooned in the Arctic. Includes sidebars, and draws on diaries, letters, telegrams, historic photographs, and maps.
