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The beginning of the decline of native speakers of Alaska Native languages can be traced back to the colonization of Alaska by the United States of America.At this time, many native people were separated from their traditional lifestyles and subsequently their native languages.
Folklorist Lafcadio Hearn adapted the Inuit legend of the bird wife (gull maiden) for his book Stray leaves from strange literature, with the title The Bird Wife. [69] Author Ruth Manning-Sanders adapted the tale as The Bird-Wife, sourced from "Siberia". In this tale, a man named Marek discovers a lake where gulls and wild geese come to bathe ...
The Inuit (formerly Eskimo, now a discredited term) are native to Alaska, Northern Canada and Greenland. In Inuit culture the owl, fish, and raven are of greatest prominence. Ravens are also common in the Inuit artwork and they have several stories that tell of Raven's birth which is often juxtaposed with the owl with whom Raven shared a deep ...
John Active, a Yup'ik Eskimo from Western Alaska, shares a story about the eventful day of devious Raven. Azban and the Crayfish: James and Joseph Bruchac Matt Dembicki James and Joseph Bruchac of the Abenaki peoples share a story about crayfish—how they have eyes on stalks and why they are not prideful. Trickster and the Great Chief: David Smith
In the film he tells Inuit folk tales, sings traditional songs, and discusses the importance of sculpture to a group of children. Multiple members of Kiakshuk's family also became visual artists, including his son Lukta Qiatsuq, daughters Ishuhungitok Pootoogook and Paunichea, [ 7 ] and his cousin Pitseolak Ashoona .
The Sun and Moon is an unipkaaqtuat, a story in Inuit folklore. The traditional explanation for the movement of the Sun and Moon through the sky is that a brother and sister are constantly chasing each other across the sky. The story also explains the moon's dappled gray appearance as soot smeared on his face.
The Blind Man (or Boy) and the Loon, also commonly known as the Lumaaq Story (also spelled Lumiuk or Lumak), among other names, is a folktale told all over Greenland, Canada, and down into parts of the United States, though most heavily Inuit and Athabaskan.
The Inuit are an indigenous people of the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America (parts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland).The ancestors of the present-day Inuit are culturally related to Iñupiat (northern Alaska), and Yupik (Siberia and western Alaska), [1] and the Aleut who live in the Aleutian Islands of Siberia and Alaska.