""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

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.
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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.
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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 Švarný 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        Iñupiat             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
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780882409610
Publisert
2013-06-24
Utgiver
Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
176

Redaktør

Biografisk notat

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.