Eskimo Essays: Yup'ik Lives and how We See Them
- ISBN-10
- 0813515890
- ISBN-13
- 9780813515892
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 269
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Author
- Ann Fienup-Riordan
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