@article{296174,
      author = {Wallis, Velma.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/296174},
      title = {Two old women : an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage, and  survival /},
      publisher = {Perennial,},
      abstract = {Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and  Survival is a classic Athabascan Indian tale of survival,  filled with suspense and wisdom as told by Velma Wallis, an  outstanding Native American writer. Her style is a  refreshing blend of contemporary and traditional, and her  choice of subject matter challenges the taboos of her past.  Yet her themes are modern -- empowerment of women, the  aging of America, and a growing interest in Native American  values. Based on a legend told and retold for many  generations in the remote Yukon River region of northeast  Alaska, this is the tragic and shocking story (with an  unexpected upbeat ending) of two elderly women who are  abandoned by a migrating band facing starvation because of  unusually harsh Arctic weather and a shortage of fish and  game.},
      recid = {296174},
      pages = {xiii, 140 p. :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2004},
}