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Debby Dahl Edwardson
I live far far away in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost community on the North American Continent--the top of the world, actually.I've lived here pretty much all of my adult life and this place and its people, the Inupiaq Eskimos of Alaska, have shaped who I am as a writer. Most of the stories I... show more

I live far far away in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost community on the North American Continent--the top of the world, actually.I've lived here pretty much all of my adult life and this place and its people, the Inupiaq Eskimos of Alaska, have shaped who I am as a writer. Most of the stories I write are set within this cultural context. It is not the culture I was not born into but it is the one I belong to, the one that has become home to me as a human being and as an artist.Visit my website at www.debbydahledwardson.com and my blog: http://wordsfromthetop.blogspot.com.
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Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents
Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents rated it 8 years ago
This is about indigenous children and others who live in hard to reach areas of Alaska going to a Catholic boarding school. They hardly ever get to go home. Even though most are indigenous, they aren't from the same backgrounds. It takes place during the 60's. Most were referred to as either Ind...
TsalagiWriter
TsalagiWriter rated it 11 years ago
Luke knows that white people can't say his I'nupiaq name. And he knows that once he and his brothers are sent to boarding school, he'll have to leave his name behind. Things are different at Sacred Heart - there are Indians, Eskimos, and White people. The language spoken is English, and no Native la...
kathymartin9237
kathymartin9237 rated it 13 years ago
This historical fiction story tells about a Inupiaq boy named Luke who was sent with his brothers to a Catholic boarding school from his home in the north of Alaska. It records the things that happened to these Native kids when they were forced to leave home for their educations. Almost immediately ...
Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it 13 years ago
Multiple points-of-view tell the story of Native American children sent off to a Catholic boarding school in the early 1960s. Beautifully written, bleak and haunting. Outstanding historical fiction.
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