A Tale of Three Villages - Indigenous-colonial Interactions in Southwestern Alaska, 1740û1950

A Tale of Three Villages tracks the histories of three villages ancestrally linked to Chevak, a contemporary village in southwestern Alaska. Through an innovative interdisciplinary methodology that respectfully and creatively investigates the spatial and material past, the author convincingly demonstrates that, in order to understand colonial history, we must actively incorporate indigenous people as actors, not merely as reactors.

About the author

Liam Frink is a professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he researches Arctic indigenous-colonial history, ethnoecology, identity, and subsistence technology and production. He is the co-editor of Decolonizing Indigenous Histories: Exploring Prehistoric/Colonial Transitions in Archaeology.

Product details

• Authors: Liam Frink
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2025
• EAN: 9780816555413
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-5541-3
• No. of pages: 184
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history