Challenge Faves
Ticasuk

Ticasuk’s Followers (3)

member photo
member photo
member photo

Ticasuk


Born
Unalakleet, The United States

Ticasuk (1904–1982) (also known as Emily Ivanoff Brown) was an Iñupiaq educator, poet and writer. She was the recipient of a Presidential Commission and was the first Native American to have a school named after her in Fairbanks, Alaska. In 2009, she was placed in the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame.

Emily Ticasuk Ivanoff Brown was born in 1904 in Unalakleet, Alaska. Her name, Ticasuk, means "where the four winds gather their treasures from all parts of the world...the greatest which is knowledge." Her grandfather was Russian, named Sergei Ivanoff, and her grandmother was Yupik, named Chikuk. Brown's parents were Stephen Ivanoff and Malquay. She attended elementary school in Shaktoolik, Alaska, which was a village co-founded by her father. After ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.04 · 24 ratings · 6 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors
The Roots of Ticasuk: An Es...
3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Tales of Ticasuk: Eskimo Le...
by
4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Longest Story Ever Told...
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Inupiut (Eskimo) homes: [de...
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The longest story ever told...
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Tales of Ticasuk: Eskimo le...
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Ticasuk…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
500 Great Books B...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Nonfiction Varieties 4 171 Sep 20, 2014 08:07PM  
500 Great Books B...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Decades, Centuries, and Millenia 8 407 Dec 06, 2014 09:46PM  
500 Great Books B...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Underread 500 GBBW 3 161 Dec 10, 2014 01:00PM  
500 Great Books B...: This topic has been closed to new comments. * Women of Color 4 386 Dec 15, 2015 01:11PM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Ticasuk to Goodreads.