Native Cultures in Alaska
Looking Forward, Looking Back
Published on 24. June 2013
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-88240-961-0 (ISBN)
Description
In 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.
Reviews / Votes
""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
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Series
Edition
First Edition, New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Portland
United States
Publishing group
Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88240-961-0 (9780882409610)
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Persons
Alaska Geographic is a nonprofit publisher, educator, and supporter of Alaska's parks, forests, and refuges. A portion of every purchase at Alaska Geographic bookstores directly supports educational and interpretive programs at Alaska's public lands. Tricia Brown is a full-time writer and editor. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Since 1978, she has traveled nearly every inch of Alaska's road system and flown into its remotest places while writing and editing for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the Anchorage Daily News and Alaska magazine. She has written books for adults and children on Alaska life, travel and history.
Content
Introduction 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 Svarny 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 Inupiat
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
Map
Chapter 1 Alaska's Native Cultures and Homelands
Chapter 2 Looking Forward, Looking Back
Chapter 3 Unanga{ (Aleut)
Riding Ungiikan Home, by Barbara Svarny 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 Inupiat
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