Box 1
Container
Contains 9 Results:
September, 1954
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Contains information on the arrival of Charles and Jane Hughes in Alaska, a history of Gambell since 1940, an account of a walrus hunt, and the organization of the village store.
Dates:
1954
October, 1954
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Eskimo interviews on worship rituals, marriage practices, and suicide.
Dates:
1954
November, 1954
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
An account of a seal hunt and diagrams depicting the Eskimo kinship system.
Dates:
1954
December, 1954
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
The management of the village store by the Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Organization, Eskimo interviews on cousin teasing, preparation of animal skins, suicide, punishment for murder, and diagrams of a walrus trap, sled, and boat.
Dates:
1954
January, 1955
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
An account of a walrus hunt, Eskimo interviews on rules concerning marriage into other "ramkas" (clans), kinship terms, and how to harpoon a walrus.
Dates:
1955
February, 1955
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6-7
Scope and Contents
An account of a fox trapping trip to the Southwest cape, the starvation of the island's sled dogs, and Eskimo interviews concerning witchcraft, kinship terminology, time periods, and natural features.
Dates:
1955
March, 1955
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
List of research questions, Eskimos living outside of Gambell, and kinship terminology.
Dates:
1955
April, 1955
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9-10
Scope and Contents
Contains a list of teachers at Gambell since 1940, excerpt from a letter from a zoologist regarding the decline of the walrus and reindeer herds, an account of a walrus hunt, a list of kinship terminology, and Eskimo interviews on shamanism, ramkas, the ritual of naming babies, kinship behavior, life stories, ceremonies, marriage, and traditional whale hunting techniques.
Dates:
1955
May, 1955
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Kinship charts, an account of Gambell's first whale catch in two years, and Eskimo interviews on kinship behavior and life stories.
Dates:
1955