Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River art Growls Ursus

Growls Ursus

Taking care of the dogs

in pursuit of a peak experience

we no longer carry ulu sharpeners

a wood comb

Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River art Growls UrsusBorn in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children, Velma Wallis comes of age in a two room log cabin in remote Fort Yukon, Alaska. Life is defined by the business of living off the land. Chopping wood. Hauling water from the river. Hunting moose. Catching salmon. Trapping fur. Taking care of the dogs. For a thousand years, the Gwich'in clan had followed migratory animals across the north. But two generations before, the people had settled where the