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    Blonde Indian : an Alaska Native memoir / Ernestine Hayes.

    • Title:Blonde Indian : an Alaska Native memoir / Ernestine Hayes.
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    • Author/Creator:Hayes, Ernestine, 1945-
    • Other Contributors/Collections:JSTOR (Organization)
    • Published/Created:Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2006.
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      • Call Number: PS501
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      • Status:No information available 
       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Hayes, Ernestine, 1945-
      Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Biography.
      Tlingit women--Alaska--Biography.
      Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Social life and customs.
      Alaska--Social life and customs.
    • Description:1 online resource ; cm.
    • Series:Sun tracks ; v. 57.
    • Summary:"In the spring, the bear returns to the forest, the glacier returns to its source, and the salmon returns to the fresh water where it was spawned. Drawing on the special relationship that the Native people of southeastern Alaska have always had with nature, Blonde Indian is a story about returning."
      "Told in layers that blend Native stories and metaphor with social and spiritual journeys, this enchanting memoir traces the author's life from her difficult childhood growing up in the Tlingit community, through her adulthood, during which she lived for some time in Seattle and San Francisco, and eventually to her return home. Ernestine Hayes's journey away from her native land and back is complicated by her racially mixed heritage. Neither fully Native American nor Euro-American, Hayes encounters a unique sense of alienation from both her Native community and the dominant culture.
      We witness her struggles alongside other Tlingit men and women - many of whom never left their Native community but wrestle with their own challenges, including unemployment, prejudice, alcoholism, and poverty." "The author's personal journey, the symbolic stories of contemporary Natives, and the tales and legends that have circulated among the Tlingit people for centuries are all woven together, making Blonde Indian much more than the story of one woman's life. Filled with anecdotes, descriptions, and histories that are unique to the Tlingit community, this book is a document of cultural heritage, a tribute to the Alaskan landscape, and a testament to how going back - in nature and in life - allows movement forward."--Jacket.
    • Reproduction note:Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
    • Notes:Description based on print version record.
    • ISBN:9780816532360 (electronic bk.)
      0816532362 (electronic bk.)
      0816525382
      9780816525386
      0816525374
      9780816525379
    • Contents:Haa shagoon : our ancestors
      The retreating glacier
      The emerging forest
      The climax forest
      The bog
      Acknowledgments.
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