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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 suc...
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24 June 2013

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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Pages: 176
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Imprint: Alaska Northwest Books
Series: Alaska Geographic
Publication Date:
24 June 2013
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780882409610
Format: Hardcover
"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
—Dee Longenbaugh, ObservatoryBooks.com, Sitka Sentinel
Introduction Uniquely Alaskan
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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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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