The epic of Qayaq : the longest story ever told by my people / Lela Kiana Oman ; edited by Priscilla Tyler & Maree Brooks ; preface by Ann Chandonnet.
1995
E99.E7 O424 1995eb
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Title
The epic of Qayaq : the longest story ever told by my people / Lela Kiana Oman ; edited by Priscilla Tyler & Maree Brooks ; preface by Ann Chandonnet.
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ISBN
9780773573987 (electronic bk.)
0773573984 (electronic bk.)
1282864181
9781282864184
9786612864186
6612864184
0886292670
9780886292676
0886292654 (bound)
9780886292652
0295975318
9780295975313
0836292670 (pbk.)
0773573984 (electronic bk.)
1282864181
9781282864184
9786612864186
6612864184
0886292670
9780886292676
0886292654 (bound)
9780886292652
0295975318
9780295975313
0836292670 (pbk.)
Imprint
Ottawa [Ont.] : Carleton University Press, 1995.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (xx, 119 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Call Number
E99.E7 O424 1995eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)243600962
Summary
The Longest Story Ever Told by My People is a splendid presentation of an ancient northern story cycle, brought to life by Lela Kiana Oman, who has been retelling and writing the legends of the Inupiat of the Kobuk Valley, Alaska, nearly all her adult life. In the mid-1940s, she heard these tales from storytellers passing through the mining town of Candle, and translated them from Inupiaq into English. Now, after fifty years, they illuminate one of the world's most vibrant mythologies. The hero is Qayaq, and the cycle traces his wanderings by kayak and on foot along four rivers - the Selawik, the Kobuk, the Noatak and the Yukon - up along the Arctic Ocean to Barrow, over to Herschel Island in Canada, and south to a Tlingit Indian village. Along the way he battles with jealous fathers-in-law and other powerful adversaries; discovers cultural implements (the copper-headed spear and the birchbark canoe); transforms himself into animals, birds and fish, and meets animals who appear to be human. Qayaq is richly illustrated from the Priscilla Tyler and Maree Brooks Collection of Inuit Art, housed at Carleton University Art Gallery. A scholarly preface by Ann Chandonnet explains the conventions of Native Alaskan storytelling, and there is an introduction by Priscilla Tyler and Maree Brooks: art collectors, friends, and conservators of Oman's story legacy for many years.
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Co-published by Carleton University Art Gallery.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Contents
Preface
Introduction
Preamble: Where the Eskimo Came From
The Epic of Qayaq: The Longest Story Ever told By My People
Qayaq's Life with his Parents
Qayaq Associates with Birds and Animals and a Man who Transforms into an Animal
Qayaq Visits the Umialik's Village. The Influence of Ancestors Is Particularly Stressed
The Story of the Big Flood as it Was Told by Qayaq's Wife
From Another Storyteller: How a Young Orphan Boy Grew Up to Be the Umialik whose Daughter Became Qayaq's Wife
Qayaq Receives the Uplifting Influence of Ptarmigans and CaribouQayaq Visits Two Communities, One in Alaska and One in Canada
Qayaq Goes to a Western Community at the Mouth of the Yukon River and a Tlingit Village to the Southeast
Qayaq Visits the Headwaters of the Selawik River and Eventually Finds his Way Home
List of Plates
Preface
Introduction
Preamble: Where the Eskimo Came From
The Epic of Qayaq: The Longest Story Ever told By My People
Qayaq's Life with his Parents
Qayaq Associates with Birds and Animals and a Man who Transforms into an Animal
Qayaq Visits the Umialik's Village. The Influence of Ancestors Is Particularly Stressed
The Story of the Big Flood as it Was Told by Qayaq's Wife
From Another Storyteller: How a Young Orphan Boy Grew Up to Be the Umialik whose Daughter Became Qayaq's Wife
Qayaq Receives the Uplifting Influence of Ptarmigans and CaribouQayaq Visits Two Communities, One in Alaska and One in Canada
Qayaq Goes to a Western Community at the Mouth of the Yukon River and a Tlingit Village to the Southeast
Qayaq Visits the Headwaters of the Selawik River and Eventually Finds his Way Home
List of Plates
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Print version: Oman, Lela Kiana. Epic of Qayak. Ottawa : Carleton University Press, 1995
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