Instead she was introduced to the skills that white society valued.
Leaving home at such an early age, Ada never learned the traditional skills of her people-skills she would desperately need in the future-such as hunting, trapping, fishing, firing a gun, living off the land, and building a shelter. (Ada had another sister, Fina, but it’s not known when she was born or where she lived during this time.) Her father died of food poisoning, and her mother sent her and her sister Rita to a Methodist mission school in Nome. Imaginary fears turned into real troubles when Ada was eight years old. From an early age Ada developed a dread of being eaten by a polar bear and forever trapped in its stomach. Others told about Nanook, the polar bear-the animal most feared by Eskimos. Some of the tales taught her about stars in the sky. As a child she listened to stories passed down by her ancestors. Read moreĪDA DELUTUK WAS BORN on May 10, 1898, in the remote settlement of Spruce Creek, eight miles from the small village of Solomon, Alaska. With excerpts from diaries, letters, and telegrams historic photos a map source notes and a bibliography, this is an indispensible resource for any young adventure lover, classroom, or library.
After she was finally rescued in August 1923, after two years total on the island, Ada became a celebrity, with newspapers calling her a real "female Robinson Crusoe." The first young adult book about Blackjack's remarkable story, Marooned in the Arctic includes sidebars on relevant topics of interest to teens, including the use cats on ships, the phenomenon known as Arctic hysteria, and aspects of Inuit culture and beliefs. Determined to be reunited with her son, Ada learned to survive alone in the icy world by trapping foxes, catching seals, and avoiding polar bears.
Three of the men tried to cross the frozen Chukchi Sea for help but were never seen again, leaving Ada with one remaining team member who soon died of scurvy. Conditions soon turned dire for the team when they were unable to kill enough game to survive. With the men was a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son. In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Great Britain.
A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2017
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