When Our Words Return : Writing, Hearing, and Remembering Oral Traditions of Alaska and the Yukon / edited by Phyllis Morrow and William Schneider
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Note on Consistency
Part I. Writing
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 Meanings through Story and Song
JULIE CRUIKSHANK
Part II. Hearing
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
Part III. Remembering
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
Epilogue
Appendix: Polar Bear Story
TWO TELLINGS BY BELLE DEACON