What is the name/author of the book about a female eskimo?

Question

Her mother decided it was time for her to pass on (the mother went out into the wilderness to die). It tells of her delivering her baby by herself.
I read the book in college around the late 1970s.

Answer 1

There is a book called "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead about a female eskimo who gets lost in Alaska and survives with a pack of wolves. I don't think it was around in the 70's though, I could be wrong. Hey, it's good though.

Answer 2

There's a non-fiction book with a very similare storyline that came out in 2004 titled "The Winter Walk: A Century-Old Survival Story From The Arctic" by Loretta Outwater Cox.

Book Description
The year is 1892. An Iñupiat Eskimo mother finds herself far from the village at winter camp. And now her husband has died. Although Qutuuq (coo-took) is far along in pregnancy, and her children are only seven and nine, the little family sets out toward the Bering Sea coast. Weak from effort and starvation, they plod along each bend in the frozen river until Qutuuq goes into labor. Certain that her own death is imminent, the woman makes a decision that will haunt her forever. Likewise, this powerful narrative will haunt readers long after they close the book.

Shared by Qutuuq's great-granddaughter, this true story has been handed down from generation to generation in a culture sustained by its oral history. Family photos round out our understanding of harsh living in this remote region.

THE WINTER WALK is a winner of the 2004 Alaska Indigenous Literature Award.

Answer 3

Julie of the Wolves and its sequel, julie, by Jean Craighead George, julie of the wolves was published in 1972!