Seven Words for Wind
Essays and Field Notes from Alaska’s Pribilof Islands
Distributed for University of Alaska Press
160 pages
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black and white photos
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7 3/4 x 5 1/4
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Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword by B.G. Olson
Acknowledgments
Map of St. Paul Island
Slatux
A sequence of winds, to blow hard
Slachxidaasaadugûlux
A very strong storm
Slam Kadiiguxtaa
A contrary wind
Alagulix
To go into the sea
Asxi-lix
To go against the wind
Qutaxt
Blowing up from land
Qag, Agaagalix
East wind, west wind
Chaxatax
An offshore wind
Further Reading
Author’s Note
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