
Indigenous Ways to the Present
Native Whaling in the Western Arctic
Allen P. McCartney(Editor)
CCI Press
Published on 1. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
444 pages
978-1-896445-25-0 (ISBN)
Description
The traditional pursuit of whales by Eskimo hunters remains an area in which humans articulate directly with natural processes. To present-day urban dwellers, such direct relations between people, wild animals, and the environment may seem exotic but they continue to be important pursuits for many I?upiat and Yupik peoples. This volume traces regional Native whaling practices from approximately 2,000 years to the present. Contributions center on three themes: variations in whaling, Yupik and I?upiat whaling traditions over time, and interactions with changing environmental conditions that include major climatic episodes as well as shorter fluctuations. Western Arctic Native whaling has never been a uniform practice. By calling attention to local, flexible adaptations, this volume distinguishes between common approaches and how societies lived in real time and space. Papers by: Allen P. McCartney and Roger K. Harritt; John C. Dixon; Roger K. Harritt; Owen K. Mason and Valerie Barber; Yvon Csonka; Lev G. Dinesman and Arkady B. Savinetsky; James M. Savelle and Allen P. McCartney; Howard W. Braham; Lyudmila S. Bogoslovskaya; John C. George, Stephen Braund, Harry Brower, Jr., Craig Nicolson, and Todd M. O'Hara; Barbara Bodenhorn; Carol Zane Jolles; Mary A. Larson; Susan W. Fair; Mark S. Cassell; and Herbert O. Anungazuk.
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Edition
UK edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Alberta
Canada
Publishing group
University of Alberta Press
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-896445-25-0 (9781896445250)
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Allen P. McCartney (1940-2004) was professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas.