Menadelook: An Inupiat Teacher's Photographs of Alaska Village Life, 1907-1932

Synopsis

Menadelook Showcases Nearly One Hundred Photographs Taken By The Inupiat Photographer Charles Menadelook That Document Life In Wales In The Bering Strait Between Alaska And Russia, In The Early 1900s. Photographs Of Inupiat Life In The Early Twentieth Century Are Rare, And Photographs Taken By An Indigenous Person Are Nearly Nonexistent. These Photographs Provide A Unique View Into The Inupiat World During The Early Twentieth Century And Give Both A Pictorial And Native Perspective On Inupiat Traditions And Historical Events. 1. Menadelook's Family -- 2. Growing Up. Marriage Customs ; Reindeer Fairs ; Western Influences -- 3. Menadelook's Teaching Career. Diomede ; Kotzebue ; Noatak ; Gambell ; Unalaska ; Shishmaref ; Shaktoolik ; Sinuk ; Nome -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Photograph Restoration. Edited By Eileen Norbert. Book Available In 2016. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 105-106).