So, How Long Have You Been Native?

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"Bunten has created an enjoyable mix of ethnographic study and personal memoir in this account of navigating the cultural contradictions and tensions of being a Native Alaskan tour guide and anthropologist."-Publishers Weekly "So, How Long Have You Been Native? is a terrific exploration of Alaska Native cultural identity and a welcome addition to both anthropology and history."-Ross Coen, Pacific Northwest Quarterly "So, How Long Have You Been Native? is a masterfully executed autoethnography that will reach a wide audience far beyond the narrow scope of academic readership."-Tribal College Journal "With tremendous empathy, warm humor, and trained insight, Native scholar and ethnographer Alexis Bunten embedded herself for a summer season in her own [Alaska Native] people's cultural tourism industry. After working as a tourist guide, she produced this absolutely original, insider's journal on the difficult choices and behind-the-scenes debates over how to enlighten outsiders with limited attention spans while protecting the vulnerable, deep-seated beliefs and ritual practices and ever-evolving lifestyles of the local indigenous community. A case study of what small-scale, traditional societies are experiencing all around the world, this is a groundbreaking work and a riveting read."-Peter Nabokov, author of Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places