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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PHONETIC KEY

THE DANCE FESTIVALS OF THE ALASKAN ESKIMO

THE KASGI OR DANCE HOUSE

THE DANCE FESTIVALS

THE ANNUAL FEAST, AIL??GI

THE GREAT FEAST, AITHUK??TUKHTUK

THE INVITING-IN FESTIVAL

Transcriber’s Notes:
1) For correct rendering of some diacritical marks please change browser default font to Arial.
2) There are a number of words in the native language that appear to mean the same thing, but have different accents. It is unknown if this is intentional or a printing error - these have been left as printed.
eg: NuleÁga / nÚleaga ... TakinÁka / takÍnaka / Takinaka ... WÁhok / wahok

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