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A wryly humorous and inspirational story about a proud Alaska Native family struggling to survive in two worlds. Sam and Louise Harper and their ten children make a soul-grinding transition into a modern white-dominated society where they face bigotry, poverty, and illness. Yet, Louise, the Athabascan matriarch, remains in touch with centuries-old traditions of healing, honoring nature's spirits, and a belief that the spirits of all Athabascans one day will return to the waters of the Yukon River.

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"""...A rich and sprawling portrait of ordinary people struggling to adapt to extraordinary changes without losing their souls, their culture-or their sense of humor."" -Stan Jones, author of Village of the Ghost Bears"

. ..A rich and sprawling portrait of ordinary people struggling to adapt to extraordinary changes without losing their souls, their culture--or their sense of humor. --Stan Jones, author of Village of the Ghost Bears

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Born in Sitka, Alaska, of Koyukon Athabascan and French-Dutch descent, Jan Harper-Haines began gathering stories about her Athabascan mother and grandmother in 1990. The author earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Alaska, where her mother, Flora Jane Harper, was the first Native graduate in 1935. She lives in the San Francisco area.

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