Title: Raising Ourselves
First published: 2002
Description: Born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children, Velma Wallis comes of age in a two-room log cabin in remote Fort Yukon, Alaska. Raising Ourselves is an irresistible story of growing up Gwich'in. It is gritty and sobering yet filled with laughter even a to present. But hope pushes back hopelessness, and a new strength and wisdom emerge.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Gwich'in women, Gwich'in Indians, Alcohol use, Alcoholism, Biography, American Indians, Yupik, Culture, Manners and customs, Alaska, biography, Alaska, social life and customs, Authors
Places: Fort Yukon, Alaksa, Alaska, Fort Yukon (Alaska)
People: Velma Wallis
LC classification: E99.K84 W34 2002