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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
Alaska Geographic is a nonprofit publisher, educator, and supporter of Alaska's parks, forests, and refuges. A portion of every purchase at Alaska Geographic bookstores directly supports educational and interpretive programs at Alaska's public lands.Tricia Brown is a full-time writer and editor. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Since 1978, she has traveled nearly every inch of Alaska's road system and flown into its remotest places while writing and editing for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the Anchorage Daily News and Alaska magazine. She has written books for adults and children on Alaska life, travel and history.
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.
