Description
The enchanting story of how a mouse came to live in a Tlingit (Indian) clan house in Haines, Alaska, and became part of the culture. When the mouse finds the Tlingit clan house, he thinks he’s sneaky enough to avoid being caught, but what he doesn’t know is that the tribe leader is watching his every move.Jan Steinbright is a writer, oral historian, teacher and an artist. She has been involved with the administration and documentation of Alaska Native Cultural programs for 25 years and is the author/editor of Qayaqs and Canoes: Native Ways of Knowing and My Own Trail, the life history of Howard Luke, an Athabascan tradition bearer. For 18 years, she edited the Journal of Alaska Native Arts and served as program coordinator for the Institute of Alaska Native Arts in Fairbanks. She currently lives in Sitka where she spends as much time as possible on the water and walking beaches, when not teaching at Sheldon Jackson College.