Minik's Story

An Inuit girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's death Minik has always known the story of her mother's death, but as she becomes a young woman who will soon marry, her grandmother tells her the sordid details. Soon after, strange ships appear on the horizon. For the Inuit, the appearance of Dog Children--white men--has always brought bad luck, death, jealousy, and resentment. When an English minister takes up residence in her tribe, Minik ignores his teachings, which seem irrelevant to Inuit customs. Her people fall on hard times, however, and Minik must come to terms with the circumstances of her mother's death. This is a powerful story of a girl on the edge of adulthood, true to her culture as she's challenged by forces from the outside.Dewey, Jennifer Owings is the author of 'Minik's Story', published 0010 under ISBN 9780761451341 and ISBN 076145134X.