eskimos

Brief retellings of Eskimo animal legends.

While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.

A description of Inuit culture accompanies a collection of eighteen Inuit folktales from an ancient oral tradition in which animals could take human form and in which magic usually had a part.

Sedna, mother of all sea animals, tells the story of her life and helps the starving Inuit.

Examines over a dozen different types of snow and snowy conditions through the vocabulary of the Inuit people of Alaska. Discusses the physical properties and formation of the snow and how it affects the plants, animals, and people of the Arctic.

A young Eskimo hunter fights for survival while stranded on an isolated and desolate island.

While searching for a missing football, a young Eskimo boy and his wolf pup friend nearly get lost on the tundra.

Sent out by his grandmother to find food, Amik consumes a series of animals of ever-increasing size and brings back more than he thinks.

Photographs and text present the experiences and way of life of Tlingit, Athabascan, Yupik, and other Native American children in the villages, cities, and bush areas of Alaska.

Describes the life and customs of the Inuit people, also known as Eskimo, answering many questions about them.