Sadie Brower Neakok: An Iñupiaq Woman

by Margaret B. Blackman

Book Overview

This is the life history of the daughter of Asianggataq, an Eskimo woman, and her husband Charles Bower, the first white settler in Alaska's northernmost community of Barrow. One of ten children, Sadie Brower (1916-2004) was raised with a mixture of Inupiat and white traditions. Sent Outside for modern schooling, she returned to Barrow to use her education on behalf o her people. She devoted a lifetime to public service, first as a Bureau of Indian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295971800
• ISBN13: 9780295971803
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A grandchild's brief reaction...

I am one of Sadine Neakok's many grandchildren, and I adored this book greatly. It makes me wish I had talked to her more during my life. The book illustrates the Inupiaq/Inuit/Eskimo way of life, mostly by way of my great-grandmother, Sadie's mother. The only real complaints I had with the book was the fact that Blackman butts in a bit more than I thought was needed, and if she was going to do that, having the footnotes at the bottom of the page would have worked quite well. You may notice that I speak of my grandmother in the past tense. Sadie Neakok passed away on the evening of June 13th, 2004. She lived a long, full life, and did many great things for her community, her people, and her state. The world is a better place because she was there to help.