Life Lived Like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Native Elders

by Julie Cruikshank

The life stories appearing in this volume come from communities where storytelling provides a customary framework for discussing the past. Angela Sidney, Kitty Smith and Annie Ned are three remarkable and gifted women of Athapaskan and Tlingit ancestry who were born in the southern Yukon Territory around the turn of the century. Their life stories tell us as much about the present as about the past, as much about ideas of community as about individual experience; they call our attention to the diverse ways humans formulate such linkages.

Genres: Anthropology, Indigenous, Nonfiction, History, Biography

428 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Shelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gives you a real appreciation for Athapaskan and Tlingit ancestry. It gives you a view into another world--hard times--and endurance. I found it very interesting/challenging on many different levels.

[Erin O'Riordan]

College anthropology class.

[Pat Ounpuu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!