{"product_id":"the-alaska-native-reader-9780822344650","title":"The Alaska Native Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis portrayal of Native Alaska brings together essays, poems, songs, stories, maps, and visual art. Most of the selections are by Alaska Natives; many were written especially for this volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Alaska Native Reader\u003c\/i\u003e successfully describes and captures the diversity of Alaska’s history, politics, and cultural traditions. The book, although highly descriptive, provides a solid historical foundation and raises some thought-provoking questions.” - Gregory R. Campbell, \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Native Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There are voluminous accounts of Alaska’s white sourdoughs, homesteaders, mountaineers, and trophy hunters, but one person’s frontier is another’s sacred homeland, and Native voices are often underplayed or overlooked in the popular written record. \u003ci\u003eThe Alaska Native Reader: History, Culture, Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome antidote. From a heartrending description of the long shadow of the Great Death—the 1900 flu outbreak—to mythological tales of magical northern pike and a project unearthing the Indian history of the Anchorage area, this reader is a breath of fresh tundra air.” - Keith Goetzman, \u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I learned a lot, I enjoyed the book. I highly recommend it to anyone interested not just in Native Alaskan topics, but to those who want to understand the real people of Alaska and see things through different eyes.” - Wallace M. Olson, \u003ci\u003eJuneau Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As a book that purports to address history, culture, and politics, it fulfills its mission. As an anthology, it accomplishes what it should, providing an overview of issues that interested readers can go on to explore in more depth.” - Anne Coray, \u003ci\u003eAlaska History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An insightful portrayal of Alaskan Native history, culture and politics expressed through multiple voices to inform indigenous and cross-cultural understandings. The importance of this volume is its ability to dispel the colonizing myth of the homogeneity of indigenous lived experience.”—\u003cb\u003eGraham Hingangaroa Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, Distinguished Professor and Chief Executive Officer, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi\u003cbr\u003e“The predominance of indigenous voices in \u003ci\u003eThe Alaska Native Reader \u003c\/i\u003ewill help correct the disgraceful imbalance in the way that the history of Alaska has been recorded and constructed. The reasons for the imbalance lie in the very history that is exposed here.”—\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Townsend-Gault\u003c\/b\u003e, University of British Columbia\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Alaska Native Reader\u003c\/i\u003e successfully describes and captures the diversity of Alaska’s history, politics, and cultural traditions. The book, although highly descriptive, provides a solid historical foundation and raises some thought-provoking questions.” -- Gregory R. Campbell * Canadian Journal of Native Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“As a book that purports to address history, culture, and politics, it fulfills its mission. As an anthology, it accomplishes what it should, providing an overview of issues that interested readers can go on to explore in more depth.” -- Anne Coray * Alaska History *\u003cbr\u003e“I learned a lot, I enjoyed the book. I highly recommend it to anyone interested not just in Native Alaskan topics, but to those who want to understand the real people of Alaska and see things through different eyes.” -- Wallace M. Olson * Juneau Empire *\u003cbr\u003e“There are voluminous accounts of Alaska’s white sourdoughs, homesteaders, mountaineers, and trophy hunters, but one person’s frontier is another’s sacred homeland, and Native voices are often underplayed or overlooked in the popular written record. \u003ci\u003eThe Alaska Native Reader: History, Culture, Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome antidote. From a heartrending description of the long shadow of the Great Death—the 1900 flu outbreak—to mythological tales of magical northern pike and a project unearthing the Indian history of the Anchorage area, this reader is a breath of fresh tundra air.” -- Keith Goetzman * Utne Reader *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations xi\u003cbr\u003e Preface xiii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xxi\u003cbr\u003e Alaska and Its People: An Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e I. Portraits of Nations: Telling Our Own Story 13\u003cbr\u003e II. Empire: Processing Colonization 115\u003cbr\u003e III. Worldviews: Alaska Native and Indigenous Epistemologies 217\u003cbr\u003e IV. Native Arts: A Weaving of Melody and Color 257\u003cbr\u003e V. Ravenstales 337\u003cbr\u003e Suggestions for Further Reading 363\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgment of Copyrights 381\u003cbr\u003e Index 385","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138191032663,"sku":"9780822344650","price":115.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822344650.jpg?v=1751918375","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-alaska-native-reader-9780822344650","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}