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1/18/2008
9:31:12 am EST
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Return Of Shaman's Mask Magical To King Islanders
Author: Rachel D'Oro, AP Source: Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Title: RETURN OF SHAMAN'S MASK MAGICAL TO KING ISLANDERS
Four decades after it was abandoned, King Island holds an almost mystical pull for former inhabitants and their descendants, its crumbling homes still perched on stilts, clinging to the steep, rocky terrain.
Until recently, little else remained of the island, an Inupiat Eskimo village, except for traditions, memories and artifacts scattered at museums around the nation. Then came word from a stranger nearly 2,000 miles away who said she possessed an ancient mask a relative brought back from Alaska more than a century ago.
On the back of the relic was a faint inscription: "Taken from a medicine man's grave on King Island."
The woman from northwest Washington e-mailed Charlene Saclamana, tribal coordinator with the King Island Native Community based in Nome, a city 80 miles southeast of the tiny Bering Sea island where many of its residents relocated.
Marilyn Lewis said she wanted to return the wooden mask to its rightful owners.
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Jskelly (Ashland, Virginia) - Email Me
In a country so polarized by intolerance, it's wonderful to see someone respecting the religion of indigenous people. Wish this story could be lead in all media today!
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| I'm Glad It Was Returned. | Jan 18th. at 11:46:11 am EST
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Medea (Somewhere, Massachusetts) - Email Me
So many artifacts and relics that end up far from their points of origin in the world never are.
It's so nice to see a good person return something precious to the people it came from, instead of reading yet another article about something stolen long ago selling for big bucks.
It's also nice to see that there are still people of good conscience, like this woman, who returned it.
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| Sometimes, | Jan 18th. at 11:44:52 am EST
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me
Someone does the right thing. Good for her.
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