Guide: Part Five

Guide to Various Subjects Mentioned in Ivory and Paper

 

PART FIVE: MARK OF THE RAVEN

 

Page 148: The root of the Kamchatka lily has rice-like grains that can be cooked much like rice. This plant is also known as Chocolate Lily and Stinky Flower. Golodoff, Wildflowers of Unalaska Island, 2013:22.

 

Page 150: I’d like to weave a basket.

There are several short manuals on the techniques of Unangax̂ basketry. A recent publication is Sharon Kay’s 2007 Learn to Weave an Attu Basket.

 

Page 151: Camp Qungaayux̂.

For photographs of this summer culture camp at Unalaska, see the website for the Qawalangin Tribe: https://www.theqawalangintribe.com/camp-qungaayux

 

Page 153: Woman with Six Sea Lion Sons

See “Agalinax̂,” in Bergsland and Dirks, Aleut Tales and Narratives, 1990:228-231.

 

Page 158: Masks. For information and images of masks, see Black’s Aleut Art in either edition.

 

Pages 161-162: The great raven.

The “Real Raven” or the “Big Raven” is a character in Unangax̂ folklore, both in the eastern and western islands. However, as far as is known, the raven did not have the importance that is found in Southeast Alaska. See “Real Raven,” from the eastern region in Bergsland and Dirks, Aleut Tales and Narratives, 1990:60-65, and two raven stories from Attu in Bergsland and Dirks, Aleut Tales and Narratives, 1990:606-653.

 

Page 163: Summer Face Woman.

See “Summer Face Woman” in Bergsland and Dirks, Aleut Tales and Narratives, 1990:233-235.

 

Page 163: The Sister-of-the-Moon.

See “The Sister-of-the-Moon” in Bergsland and Dirks, Aleut Tales and Narratives, 1990:148-155.