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Book SynopsisIn 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.
Trade Review""It is a real treat to encounter this book. . . It gives the origin of the people as far as known, tells something of their traditional crafts and arts, illustrates with photographs of those and the people, and best of all, addresses their home territories and proper names. . . This little book gives a clear picture of the Native Alaskans working on a nice balance between the modern world and their traditional one, ‘Looking forward and looking back’. . . Buy one to keep and one for a friend Outside."" —Dee Longenbaugh, ObservatoryBooks.com, Sitka Sentinel
Table of ContentsIntroduction 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
