I Am Eskimo: Aknik My Name

By Paul Green

Book Overview

Introduction By Robert A. Henning. Paul Green (Aknik) Tells Of His Life Growing Up In An Eskimo Village In Alaska. Accompanying These Remembrances Are Line Drawings By Native Eskimo Artist George Akgupuk. The Author Describes Such Traditional Activities As Hunting, Whaling, And Making Igloos. Shares Anecdotes On Subjects As Varied As Eskimo Games, Kissing, And The Arctic. Written In Pidgin English, As Spoken By The Author, May Be Difficult To Read.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882400010
• ISBN13: 9780882400013
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.8" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Eskimo stories from Northwest Alaska

This terrific little book tells a mix of traditional folktales and the author's own experiences as an Inupiat Eskimo of Northwest Alaska. Paul Green lived from the end time of the traditional Eskimo culture ca. 1900 into the 1970s and seems to have been cheerfully comfortable and confident in both. A plus: the book is written in Village English, the curious and charming dialect spoken by older Alaska Natives all over the state, even today. Another plus: sketches by George Ahgupuk, a famous Eskimo pen-and-ink artist.