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2014 — by Tricia Brown and Sarah Martinsen

Charlie, an Inupiat boy, is excited about the upcoming festival to celebrate a successful whale hunt, but afraid when he thinks this might be the year he takes part in the traditional blanket toss. Includes glossary and notes on Inupiat whaling traditions.

Themes

Genres: Fiction

Categories: Beautiful Life

Content: Bi/multilingual

Settings: Alaska, Arctic, Northern America

Tribal Affiliation/Homelands: Inupiat (Alaska)

Immigration: Non-Immigrant

Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman

Race/Culture: First/Native Nations/American Indian/Indigenous

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ISBNs	1941821669 q(softbound) q(alk. paper) 9781941821664 q(softbound) q(alk. paper)
Author	Brown, Tricia, 0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n83228030 eauthor
Title	Charlie and the blanket toss / cTricia "Nuyaqik" Brown ; illustrated by Sarah "Anuyaq" Martinsen
Published	Portland, OR : bAlaska Northwest Books, c2014
Physical Description	1 volume (unpaged) : bcolor illustrations ; c27 cm
Summary	Charlie, an Inupiat boy, is excited about the upcoming festival to celebrate a successful whale hunt, but afraid when he thinks this might be the year he takes part in the traditional blanket toss. Includes glossary and notes on Inupiat whaling traditions
Subject	Inupiat Eskimos Self-confidence Festivals Eskimos. Festivals. Inupiat. Self-confidence.
Subject	Alaska Alaska.
Genre/Form	Fiction. Juvenile works.
Illustrator	Martinsen, Sarah, 0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2014022254 eillustrator