Native Cultures in Alaska - Looking Forward, Looking Back

In the minds of most Americans, Native culture in Alaska amounts to Eskimos and igloos....The latest publication of the Alaska Geographic Society offers an accessible and attractive antidote to such misconceptions. Native Cultures in Alaska blends beautiful photographs with informative text to create a striking portrait of the state's diverse and dynamic indigenous population.

List of contents

Introduction       Uniquely Alaskan
Map
Chapter 1        Alaska’s Native Cultures and Homelands
Chapter 2        Looking Forward, Looking Back
Chapter 3        Unanga{ (Aleut)
            Riding Ungiikan Home, by Barbara Švarný Carlson
Chapter 4        Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)
            Who Are We, Anyway? by Gordon Pullar
Chapter 5        Yup’ik
            The Four Seasons of Manokotak, by Anecia Lomack
           Yup’ik Dance Masks: Stories of Culture
Chapter 6        Siberian Yupik
Chapter 7        Iñupiat
            A Time for Whaling, by Sheila Frankson
Chapter 8        Athabascan
            People of the Yukon Flats, by Velma Wallis
Chapter 9        Eyak
Chapter 10      Tlingit
            Carving Traditions, by Nathan Jackson
Chapter 11      Tsimshian
Chapter 12      Haida
            Delores Churchill: The Weaver’s Daughter
Bibliography
Index

About the author

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Summary

In the minds of most Americans, Native culture in Alaska amounts to Eskimos and igloos....The latest publication of the Alaska Geographic Society offers an accessible and attractive antidote to such misconceptions. Native Cultures in Alaska blends beautiful photographs with informative text to create a striking portrait of the state's diverse and dynamic indigenous population.

Product details

• Authors: Alaska Geographic Association, Alaska Geographic Association
• Assisted by: Alaska Geographic (Editor), Alaska Geographic Association (Editor), Tricia Brown (Editor)
• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.06.2013
• EAN: 9780882409610
• ISBN: 978-0-88240-961-0
• No. of pages: 178
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 417 g
• Series: Alaska Geographic; Alaska Geographic
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Amerikanische Geschichte, Amerika, Regionalstudien, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Native American, Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies