The eight narratives and tales collected here were told by elders of Chevak, an Alaskan village, and tape-recorded there in 1977 and 1978. An introductory section describes the village, dialect usage, and some background on the stories and story genres. The stories are divided into two parts according to an important native distinction between narratives, which are based on a known person's experience, and traditional tales, those said to have originated with ancient ancestors. The cultural context of storytelling, narrative performance, and the rendering of narrative performance on the printed page are also discussed. Each narrative and tale is accompanied by an English translation, and notes on these translations are included in the introduction. Contains 10 references. (MSE)