Island Between

Detailed Description Of The Eskimo Way Of Life On Saint Lawrence Island. Includes Traditional Legends. Part One: Being, Moon By Moon, A Year On Sevuokuk -- Kanahyungasi: Moon Of Frost Forming Under The Roof -- Coming Of Siko -- Kahloovik: Moon Of Getting Tom-cod With The Throwing Net -- Siko Adn Iviek -- Ahrolah, The Dance -- For A Wife -- The Singer -- Nahzeghohsek: Moon Of Approaching Of Young Seal -- Winter Festival -- Magic Lamp Bowl -- Taheglokhsek: Moon Of Appearing Of Mukluk, Young Big Seal -- Toozak And Kaka -- Toghvek: Moon For Using Bird Slings -- Toozak The Trapper -- Iviek Again -- Aghvook Is Coming -- Kegumahna: Summer-woman Moon -- Aghvook Comes -- Baleen And Munktuk -- Penahvek: Moon When Rivers Begin To Flow -- The Sorcerer Dreams -- Toozak Runs -- Angotahvek: Moon Of Plant Gathering -- On The Mountain -- Palehvek: Moon Of Plants Withering -- Ungiakpuk -- Akomak: Moon Of Sitting -- In The Storm -- Those Two -- Part Two: Being The Later Years -- Son Of Toozak -- To The Lagoon -- The Best Spirit World -- After The Storm -- Siko Again -- With The South Wind -- Their Story -- Ungiakpuk Again -- The Year 1878 -- Return To Kukulik -- End And Beginning. Margaret E. Murie. Island Between is a story from another time. One day, a giant who had one foot in Siberia and one in Alaska threw a handful of rock and dirt into the water, and it remained there as an island between two great continents. In this first-ever paperback edition, Margaret Murie weaves a tale of Eskimo life on Sevuokuk, known today as St. Lawrence Island. Through the life of Toozak, a young man embarking on his first year as a hunter, the narrative traces the experience of the people of Sevuokuk through the yearly cycle that defined their lives. The story is a lively tale of love, jealousy, struggles to overcome the difficulties of daily life, a retelling of ancient teaching stories and of first contact with strange, white-skinned people.