LIFE LIVED LIKE A STORY

by Cruikshank, Julie; Sidney, Angela; Smith, Kitty; Ned, Annie

• ISBN13: 9780803263529
• ISBN10: 080326352X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

Of Athapaskan and Tlingit ancestry, Angela Sidney, Kitty Smith, and Annie Ned lived in the southern Yukon Territory for nearly a century. They collaborated with Julie Cruikshank, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, to produce this unique kind of autobiography.

Author Biography

Julie Cruikshank's books include The Stolen Woman: Female Journeys in Tagish and Tutchone Narrative (1982).

Table of Contents

Editorial Board	p. iii
Preface	p. ix
Linguistic Note	p. xiii
Introduction Life History and Life Stories	p. 1
My Stories Are My Wealth	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
Our Shagóon, Our Family History	p. 37
How the World Began	p. 42
My Parents	p. 50
* Stories from My Parent's Time	p. 53
Childhood	p. 66
Stories from Childhood	p. 73
Childhood Travels, 1912-1915	p. 79
Stories and Place Names	p. 86
Potlatches	p. 91
A Potlatch Song	p. 94
Becoming a Woman	p. 98
* the Stolen Woman (1)	p. 102
* Getting Married	p. 111
* the Stolen Woman (2)	p. 117
Marriage and Children	p. 128
* &Kbbar;aax + -'Achgóok	p. 139
Thinking with Shagóon	p. 146
My Roots Grow in Jackpine Roots	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
Our Family History	p. 175
Origins and Transformations	p. 179
My Husband's People	p. 186
The Dangers of Distance	p. 190
Childhood	p. 201
Stories from Childhood	p. 205
Becoming a Woman	p. 214
From Daughter to Wife	p. 216
Marriage and Grandmothers	p. 227
The Resourceful Woman	p. 233
Life at Robinson	p. 246
* Grandmothers and Grandsons	p. 254
Old-Style Words Are Just like School	p. 263
Introduction	p. 263
Shagóon, Our Family History	p. 278
How First This Yukon Came to Be	p. 282
* My Husbands' Shagóon	p. 298
Stories from Kusawa Lake	p. 302
Childhood	p. 311
Since I Got Smart	p. 315
Marriage	p. 323
Getting the Words Right	p. 328
* Changes in the Land	p. 332
Cultural Constructions of Individual Experience	p. 339
Notes	p. 357
Glossary of Native Terms	p. 375
Bibliography	p. 381
Index	p. 395
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