The Roots of Ticasuk: An Eskimo Woman's Family Story - Ticasuk (Emily Ivanoff Brown)

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The Roots of Ticasuk: An Eskimo Woman's Family Story, Ticasuk (Emily Ivanoff Brown), 1974, United States, AUTOBIOGRAPHY

"The Roots of Ticasuk contains the stories Ticasuk learned from her elders, stories that tell the history of six generations of her family...The tale of "Chalavaluk" recounts the legend of how a brave new mother forces the Unalakleets to stop female infanticide in times of famine by placing her baby girl on her parents' doorstep and disappearing into the night..."

(J.L., p. 154)