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Book SynopsisThe Tlingits, the largest Indian group in Alaska, have lived in Alaska's coastal southwestern region for centuries and first met non-Natives in 1741 during an encounter with the crew of the Russian explorer Alexei Chirikov. This title outlines a picture of traditional Tlingit society before contact with Europeans.
Trade Review“Andrei Grinev’s monograph, a substantial revision of his similarly titled Russian publication of 1991, is a welcome addition to the literature on Tlingit-European contact during the Russian colonial period in Alaska.” —Katherine L. Arndt,
Western Historical Quarterly
“This meticulous record of Russian-Tlingit relations adds considerably to our knowledge of Russian imperial borderland frontiers. Despite his overall concern with social and economic forces, Grinev does personalize his account by bringing into this narrative individual Russians and Indians, the participants of the colonial encounter. He also uses Tlingit oral tales as sources. Finally, he closes the book with an excellent documentary supplement, which includes translations of Russian archival sources dealing with the Tlingit.”—Andrei A. Znamenski,
Russian Review“The book will be very useful for scholars and graduate students interested in Northwest Coast Indian history and anthropology, Russian empire history, colonial borderlands history, and Alaska history and anthropology. The maps, charts, notes, and appendix are excellent, particularly the latter, which contains translated archival documents.”—Erik Hirschmann,
Alaska History"A significant contribution to Native American studies."—Lucien J. Frary,
Journal of the Early Republic"Scholars who wish to more closely examine certain aspects of Tlingit/European contact will appreciate this comprehensive work."—Ann R. Myhre,
Material CultureTable of Contents1: The Tlingit Indians Prior to contact with Europeans; 2: The History of Tlingit Relations with Europeans in Russian America; 3: The Influence of European Contacts on Tlingit Culture in Russian America
