Island Between
233 pages, 6 x 9
25 line drawings
Paperback
Release Date:15 Nov 2008
ISBN:9781602230354
Margaret E. Murie crafts an engrossing tale of Eskimo life in Island Between, as she tells the story of Toozak, a young Inuit from Sevuokuk, known today as St. Lawrence Island. In lyrical prose she chronicles Toozak’s journey, weaving stories of his life as a hunter with narratives of love and jealousy—and even ancient Eskimo myths—to create a moving tale of early Eskimo culture and the impact of its eventual encounters with other peoples. Island Between is a beautifully written novel that explores one man’s complex and delicate relationship with the natural environment and his fellow man.
Margaret Murie was the first female graduate of the University of Alaska, and received an honorary doctorate in 1976.
PREFACE
AN INTRODUCTION: AHIPANI, In the Back Ages
THE SETTING: Time, Place, People
PART ONE: Being, Moon by Moon, a Year on Sevuokuk
KANAHYUNGASI: Moon of Frost Forming Under the Roof
CHAPTER I: Coming of Siko
KAHLOOVIK: Moon of Getting Tom-Cod with the Throwing Net
CHAPTER II: Siko and Iviek
CHAPTER III: Ahrolah, The Dance
CHAPTER IV: For a Wife
CHAPTER V: The Singer
NAHZEGHOHSEK: Moon of Approaching of Young Seal
CHAPTER VI: Winter Festival
CHAPTER VII: Magic Lamp Bowl
TAHEGLOKHSEK: Moon of Appearing of Mukluk, Young Bid Seal
CHAPTER VIII: Toozak and Kaka
HOGHVEK: Moon for Using Bird Slings
CHAPTER IX: Toozak the Trapper
CHAPTER X: Iviek Again
CHAPTER XI: Aghvook is Coming
KEGUMAHNA: Summer-Woman Moon
CHAPTER XII: Aghvook Comes
CHAPTER XIII: Baleen and Munktuk
PENAHVEK: Moon When Rivers Begin to Flow
CHAPTER XIV: The Sorcerer Dreams
CHAPTER XV: Toozak Runs
ANGOTAHVEK: Moon of Plant Gathering
CHAPTER XVI: On the Mountain
PALEHVEK: Moon of Plants Withering
CHAPTER XVII: Ungiakpuk
AKOMAK: Moon of Sitting
CHAPTER XVIII: In the Storm
CHAPTER XIX: Those Two
PART TWO: Being the Later Years
CHAPTER XX: Son of Toozak
CHAPTER XXI: To the Lagoon
CHAPTER XXII: The Best Spirit World
CHAPTER XXIII: After thke Storm
CHAPTER XIV: Siko Again
CHAPTER XXV: With the South Wind
CHAPTER XXVI: Their Story
CHAPTER XXVII: Ungiakpuk Again
CHAPTER XXVIII: The Year 1878
CHAPTER XXIX: Return to Kukulik
CHATPER XXX: End and Beginning
