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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 ...
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.
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
Native American "Little People" from Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers, 1917. Little people have been part of the folklore of many cultures in human history, including Ireland, Greece, the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Flores Island, Indonesia, and Native Americans.
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend is a 1974 Canadian animated short from Caroline Leaf, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
The Goose Wife is a mythical female character that appears in tales from the Inuit and other ethnic groups that dwell across the circumpolar Arctic region. [1] The usual story is that the geese alight on land, become women by taking off their goose-skins and bathe in a lake.
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), formerly Inuit Circumpolar Conference, is a multinational non-governmental organization (NGO) and indigenous peoples' organization (IPO) representing the 180,000 Inuit, Yupik, and Chukchi peoples (sometimes referred to as Eskimo) living in Alaska (United States), Canada, Greenland , and Chukotka, Siberia .
The Qallupilluit is featured in the popular children's book A Promise Is A Promise by Robert Munsch and Michael Kusugak. In the story, a young Inuit child must outwit the Qallupilluit in order to save her siblings. [8] The Qallupilluit is featured in the graphic novel Putuguq & Kublu & the Qalupalik by Roselynn Akulukjuk and Danny Christopher. [9]