Bumppo 
Everlasting: Adventures of an Alaskan Dene Girl 

A spring flood sends a wall of water sweeping down The Great River in Alaska, devastating a small native village. Everlasting, a young Dene girl and her people survive but her father and uncle disappear down the river in their skin-covered canoe. Everlasting leaves home to search for her father and uncle. With the help of wild Alaska animals she finds danger, adventure and friendship.