Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskan Island: The Life of an Alutiiq Healer ebook

by Joanne Mulcahy

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Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskawomen. Birth When Joanne B. Mulcahy first helped Mary Peterson-a respected elder of the Akhiok community-find a safe home away from the violence and alcoholism that had altered village life, she never imagined that they would meet again five years later and begin more than twelve years of interviews, letters, and. visits that would transform the lives of both women

When Joanne B. Mulcahy first helped Mary Peterson-a respected elder of the Akhiok community-find a safe home away from the violence and alcoholism that had altered village life, she never imagined that they would meet again five years later and begin more than twelve years of interviews, letters, and visits that would transform the lives of both.

Healer by Joanne B. Mulcahy, the author discusses how ‘healing’ is understood by the members of Kodiak’s Alutiiq community. In the beginning of the book, Peterson is telling about her villages’ society finally healing.

In the book Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskan Island: The Life of an Alutiiq Healer by Joanne B. xx) The word ‘healing’ is used in various different situations.

the life of an Alutiiq healer. by Joanne B. Mulcahy. Published 2001 by University of Georgia Press in Athens Genre. Birth and rebirth on an Alaskan island. Published 2001 by University of Georgia Press in Athens. Biography, Social life and customs, Indian women healers, Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos, Midwives, Pacific Gulf Yupik women. xxxi, 172 . p. of plates : Number of pages.

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Mary Peterson contributed greatly and was quoted immensely in Joanne B. Mulcahy's beautifully written book, Birth and Rebirth of an Alaskan Island.

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Pacific Gulf Yupik women Alaska Kodiak Island Biography Indian women healers Midwives Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos Social life and customs. Download now Birth and rebirth on an Alaskan island : the life of an Alutiiq healer Joanne B. Mulcahy ; foreword by Gordon L. Pullar. Download PDF book format. Download DOC book format. book below: (C) 2016-2018 All rights are reserved by their owners.

Mulcahy, Joanne B. Birth & Rebirth on an Alaskan Island; The Life of an Alutiiq Healer. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2001. Partnow, Patricia H. Making History Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Life on the Alaska Peninsula. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 2001. Simeonoff, Helen . and A. L. Pinart. Origins of the Sun and Moon Alutiiq Legend from Kodiak Island, Alaska, Collected by Alphonse Louis Pinart, March 20, 1872. Anchorage, Alaska (3212 West 30th Av. Anchorage 99517-1660): .

Personal Name: Mulcahy, Joanne . 1954-. Varying Form of Title: Birth and rebirth on an Alaskan island. Peterson, Mary, 1927-. Geographic Name: Kodiak Island (Alaska) Social life and customs. Publication, Distribution, et. Athens. University of Georgia Press, (c)2001. Rubrics: Pacific Gulf Yupik women Alaska Kodiak Island Biography Indian women healers Midwives Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos Social life and customs. 95 Author: Gibbons, Gail.

When Joanne B. Mulcahy first helped Mary Peterson―a respected elder of the Akhiok community―find a safe home away from the violence and alcoholism that had altered village life, she never imagined that they would meet again five years later and begin more than twelve years of interviews, letters, and visits that would transform the lives of both women.Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskan Island offers the fascinating story of Mary’s life, from her experience growing up within the traditional society of Akhiok to her work as a teacher, a Community Health Aide, a mother, a grandmother, and an Alutiiq midwife and healer. Through her story we discover a society that blended native Alutiiq culture with the Russian Orthodox teachings handed down from late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century colonists; that mixed modern education and employment with a subsistence lifestyle; that sanctioned arranged marriages but upheld civil divorce laws; and, above all, that recovered its confidence in traditional healing―both of the body and of the community.

More than a personal story of survival, Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskan Island portrays, in Akhiok, a resilience formed through a return to a strong sense of community. As we become acquainted with the Kodiak world through Mary Peterson’s story, we come to realize the strength of the native oral tradition and to see that knowing and healing are pivotal elements of the Alutiiq way―particularly as they bring to light the previously unrecognized efforts, inspirations, and accomplishments of countless women healers.