Velma Wallis
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Velma Wallis (born 1960) is an Athabascan Indian and bestselling U.S. novelist. Her work has been translated into 17 languages.
She was born and raised in a remote Alaskan village near Fort Yukon, approximately 200 km north-east of Fairbanks. This location could be accessed only by riverboat, airplane, snowmobile or dogsled. Velma grew up among twelve siblings. Her father died when she was thirteen years old, and she stayed out of school to help her mother with the household. (She later went on to receive her GED diploma, which is a High School equivalent.)
About twelve miles away from the village, her father had once built a small cabin in the wilderness. He had been an active hunter and trapper. Some time after his d...more
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Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis, James Grant avg rating 3.93 — 669 ratings — published 1993 16 editions |
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Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Legend from Alaska by Velma Wallis avg rating 3.86 — 35 ratings — published 1996 8 editions |
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Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis avg rating 4.12 — 26 ratings — published 2002 2 editions |
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Two Old Women by Velma Wallis avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings |
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Ženici by Velma Wallis avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1997 |
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Route 66: The Mother Road by Velma Wallis avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1995 |
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Tras El Sol - Bolsillo - by Velma Wallis avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1997 |
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