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Bashful No Longer: An Alaskan Eskimo Ethnohistory, 1778-1988 (Volume 199) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) (Reprint Edition) by Wendell H. Oswalt Paperback, 294 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-8061-4250-2 / 0806142502 ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-4250-0 / 9780806142500 Traditionally the Kuskokwim Eskimos of southwestern Alaska valued restraint, modesty, and deference--traits for which they adopted the English word bashful. However, since their first encounter with Western culture two hundred years have passed, and people are no longer willing to defer to Westerner |