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The last speaker of bear : my encounters in the north / Lawrence Millman.

by Millman, Lawrence, author.

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San Antonio, Texas : Trinity University Press, [2022]

Millman, Lawrence -- Travel.

Voyages and travels.

Northern Hemisphere -- Description and travel.

9781595349859 (paperback) :

1595349855 (paperback) :

xi, 215 pages ; 18 cm

"The Last Speaker of Bear is the patchwork story of a life spent traveling in the far north from Alaska to Siberia. Lawrence Millman first visited northern Canada as a child and has spent four decades since on some thirty-five excursions in search of undeveloped landscapes and traditional cultures, not to mention untamed wildlife. While much of his experience is centered in Canada--including territories from Yukon to Quebec and Newfoundland/Labrador--he includes stories from villages in Greenland, Iceland, and Norway as well. Early on, Millman developed a reverence for the wisdom of indigenous and native communities with histories spanning centuries: Inuit, Inuk, Innu, Alutig, Cree, and others. Whether dining on mushrooms, fungus, tobacco leaves, and an array of meats or delving into an arctic landscape of tundra, rugged mountains, remote islands, and mysterious oceans, he paints a picture of people often living in tenuous conditions but rooted in a faith that their worlds will provide for them. Relationships with bears, caribou, reindeer, walruses, seals, whales, and abundant avian life serve spiritual, companionship, and sustenance purposes. Traditions grounded in family and community rituals thrive, as do lost languages, natural medicine, and time-honored ways to survive difficult circumstances."-- Publisher.

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