. . . this . . . is my Athabascan grandmother . . . known for her skill in beadwork, two of her parkas are in museums in Alaska . . . she traveled trap lines by herself when she was sixteen . . . shot a bear . . . made the best moose stew . . . worked the fishing wheels in summers . . . passed on the stories and traditions of our People . . . helped put our tribal language into written form . . . I stay warm in her memories . . . her blood envelopes mine . . .