My M.A. Thesis Table of Contents

Dance of Life, Circle of Life: Ahyokhai as the Sakhas’ Emergent Ethnic Voice

(under the direction of Glenn Hinson, UNC-Chapel Hill)

Chapter 1: Introduction to and Statement of Thesis

Chapter 2: Yhyakh in Cultural and Historical Context

Chapter 3: Yhyakh in 1992 Context

Chapter 4: Origins and History of Ohyokhai: The Circle Forms, Widens, and Narrows Over Time

Chapter 5: Dance of Life, Circle of Life: The Ohyokhai in Contemporary Context