![]() The eventual culture clash is portrayed in an honest way, and readers will mourn with Minuk the devastating effects of western diseases on the Native Alaskan population. When Minuk's cousin begins her menstrual cycles, readers learn how the Yup'ik welcomed girls to womanhood. There are moments of humor as when she observes the newcomers' laundry line and sees something that turns out to be a corset. Readers witness her first encounter with everything from chairs to written language and Christianity, and observe the friendly and respectful initial reception of the Yup'ik villagers to the outlanders. ![]() ![]() Minuk, 12, is coming of age at a time when the first American missionaries are appearing in the upper reaches of the Kuskokwim River in western Alaska. Grade 5-9-A remarkably honest picture of life in a Yup'ik Eskimo village in 1890 that pulls no punches. ![]()
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