Season of Death (51 page)
Authors: Christopher Lane
Christopher A. Lane
1998
GLOSSARY
agnaiyaaq
—girl
anutaiyaaq
—boy
aapa
—father
aklaq
—grizzly
anjatkut
—shaman
Eskimo—“eaters of raw meat”
inukhuit
—“likenesses of men” or stone scarecrows used to herd caribou toward waiting hunters
Inupiat—“The Real People,” Eskimos of northern Alaska
kila
—helping spirit
muktuk
—whale skin
nahani
—a malevolent woodsman of Athabascan mythology believed to lurk in forests, waiting to kidnap children
naluaqmiu
—white person
naluaqmiut
—white people
piinjilak
—ghosts
tuungak
—spirits
Christopher Lane
from Avon Twilight
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CHRISTOPHER LANE
is a prolific writer who has published fifteen books for the inspirational and religious market, including six children's novels, one of which won the Gold Medallion Award and the C. S. Lewis Award. Lane continues to write for the Christian market. Season of Death is his second Inupiat Eskimo Mystery, following his debut, Elements of a Kill. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Copyright © 1999 by Christopher Lane
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ISBN: 0-380-79872-7
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