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Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap

By: Vivian Faith Prescott

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Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap

By: Vivian Faith Prescott

Through a single descendant’s voice that speaks to the Sámi diaspora, this collection of poems is a journey through colonialism, transgenerational trauma, and identity. Many have heard of the Sámi reindeer herders brought to Alaska by Sheldon Jackson in the 1800s, but not much is known about the Sámi diaspora experiences in the state and beyond. The poems in Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap use the North Sámi language as well as graphics and various types of poetry to tell these stories of migration and diaspora. Vivian Faith Prescott’s use of language is both a celebration of the richness of the Sámi languages and a mourning of the loss of language that occurs when a population is displaced and forced to exist in a totally foreign language space. According to Sámilinguist, professor, and politician Ole Henrik Magga, the Sámi languages have “very easily . . . one thousand lexemes with connections to snow, ice, freezing, and melting.” These lexemes frame many of Prescott’s poems, introducing ideas and feelings around the loss of language and culture. A compelling insight into the Sámi culture from a contemporary poet’s eye, Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap juxtaposes past and present in an act of reclamation.

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University of Alaska Press

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160223454X

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9781602234543

My Father's Smokehouse

Stories and Recipes from Fishcamp

By: Vivian Faith Prescott

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Stories and Recipes from Fishcamp

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Filled with stories of family, food, and culture, and interwoven with personal recipes and photographs taken by the author, My Father's Smokehouse folds the reader into a beautiful island landscape. "Prescott emphasizes the importance of learning the traditional values of where one lives, gratitude for what the land and sea provide, and the responsibility to share with community." —Anchorage Daily News "[Prescott’s] book is filled with traditions, memories and stories surrounding Southeast Alaska life, including a family’s perseverance, the wisdom of Sámi and Tlingit cultures, and respect for elders and their knowledge of the culture. The smokehouse at the fish camp is named after her father." —Wrangell Sentinel The smokehouse at Mickey's Fishcamp holds more than fish. It is filled with traditions, memories, and stories of a thriving Southeast Alaskan life—of a family's perseverance, of the wisdom of Sámi and Tlingit cultures, and of respect for Elders and their knowledge of the natural world. Mickey's Fishcamp is named after three generations of Prescott fishermen who commercially fished the waters of the Inside Passage, and is located near one of the oldest Tlingit settlements in Wrangell, Alaska. Here, next to the rainforest and sea, author Vivian Faith Prescott has found her place in the world. She is a student and teacher of the natural environment—harvesting spruce tips, berries, sea lettuce, and goose tongue and processing salmon, halibut, and hooligan—who combines traditional practices with modern knowledge. Heartwarming and introspective, My Father's Smokehouse tells one woman's stories of Traditional Knowledge that is learned and passed on, from one generation to the next.

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Graphic Arts Books

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1513128639

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Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap

By: Vivian Faith Prescott

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My Father's Smokehouse

Stories and Recipes from Fishcamp

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A Time-Travel Christmas

By: Megan Daniel,Vivian Knight-Jenkins,Eugenia Riley,Flora M. Speer

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A Time-Travel Christmas

By: Megan Daniel,Vivian Knight-Jenkins,Eugenia Riley,Flora M. Speer

Discover the joy of Christmas through the ages, from Dickens' London to Colonial Massachusetts, with time-travel romances from four beloved Love Spell authors.

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0505523191

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Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap

Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap

My Father's Smokehouse

My Father's Smokehouse

Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap

Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap

My Father's Smokehouse

My Father's Smokehouse

A Time-Travel Christmas

A Time-Travel Christmas

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