01465cam a2200289 4500 122803294 TxAuBib 20090625120000.0 040629s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004104023 9780972494496 0972494499 (OCoLC)55759110 WIA WIA TxAuBib Wallis, Velma. Two old women : an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage, and survival / by Velma Wallis ; illustrations by Jim Grant. 2nd ed. Kenmore, WA : Epicenter Press, 2004. xiii, 142 p. :hb : ill., maps ; 19 cm. "10th anniversary ed."--Book jacket. Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along from mother to daughter for many generations on the upper Yukon River in Alaska, this is the tragic and shocking story-with a surprise ending-of two elderly women abandoned by a migrating tribe that faces starvation brought on by unusually harsh Arctic weather and a shortage of fish and game. This story of survival is told with suspense by Velma Wallis, whose subject matter challenges the taboos of her past. Yet, her themes are modern-empowerment of women, the graying of America, Native American ways. 20090625. Gwich'in Indians Folklore. Athapascan Indians Folklore. Alaska Folklore. TXING