The bringer of light: The raven in Inuit tradition

Polar Record

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-204

  Oosten, Jarich ^a   Laugrand, Frédéric ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; IDEOLOGY; RACIAL IDENTITY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 33746798444     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247406005341     Document Type: Article

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