Traditional Ingalik Indian stories from central and northwest Alaska, told by Belle Deacon and translated from Deg Hit'an with text in both languages. Nine stories, told by a woman of the Lower Yukon Valley (Alaska), are presented here in Deg Hit'an Athabaskan on the left page and in English translation on the right page. The storyteller's English version of five of the stories is also included. Introductory sections contain a biography of Belle Deacon and notes on the gathering, transcription, and translation of the stories. Stories include: "The People's Stories"; "The Man and Wife" ("The Old Man Who Came Down from Above the Second Layer of This World"); "Polar Bear"; "Two Girls Who Lived There" ("Two Girls and Crow Man"); "Two Cousins Shooting Arrows"; "The Old Woman Who Lived Alone"; "Hawk Owl Story"; "Spruce Grouse and Mink"; and "The Old Woman Who Killed Herself Because of the Fox." Several photographs and drawings are included. (MSE).