Alaska Native Cultures and Issues - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alaska Native Cultures and Issues write by Libby Roderick. This book was released on 2010-07-15. Alaska Native Cultures and Issues available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Making up more than ten percent of Alaska's population, Native Alaskans are the state's largest minority group. Yet most non-Native Alaskans know surprisingly little about the histories and cultures of their indigenous neighbors, or about the important issues they face. This concise book compiles frequently asked questions and provides informative and accessible responses that shed light on some common misconceptions. With responses composed by scholars within the represented communities and reviewed by a panel of experts, this easy-to-read compendium aims to facilitate a deeper exploration and richer discussion of the complex and compelling issues that are part of Alaska Native life today.
Native Cultures in Alaska
Native Cultures in Alaska - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Native Cultures in Alaska write by Alaska Geographic Association. This book was released on 2012-11-15. Native Cultures in Alaska available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Native People of Alaska
The Native People of Alaska - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Native People of Alaska write by Steve Langdon. This book was released on 1989. The Native People of Alaska available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Introductory guide to the Eskimos, Indians and Aleuts. Focus is on their life-styles, traditions, and culture.
The Alaska Native Reader
The Alaska Native Reader - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Alaska Native Reader write by Maria Sháa Tláa Williams. This book was released on 2009-09-25. The Alaska Native Reader available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Alaska is home to more than two hundred federally recognized tribes. Yet the long histories and diverse cultures of Alaska’s first peoples are often ignored, while the stories of Russian fur hunters and American gold miners, of salmon canneries and oil pipelines, are praised. Filled with essays, poems, songs, stories, maps, and visual art, this volume foregrounds the perspectives of Alaska Native people, from a Tlingit photographer to Athabascan and Yup’ik linguists, and from an Alutiiq mask carver to a prominent Native politician and member of Alaska’s House of Representatives. The contributors, most of whom are Alaska Natives, include scholars, political leaders, activists, and artists. The majority of the pieces in The Alaska Native Reader were written especially for the volume, while several were translated from Native languages. The Alaska Native Reader describes indigenous worldviews, languages, arts, and other cultural traditions as well as contemporary efforts to preserve them. Several pieces examine Alaska Natives’ experiences of and resistance to Russian and American colonialism; some of these address land claims, self-determination, and sovereignty. Some essays discuss contemporary Alaska Native literature, indigenous philosophical and spiritual tenets, and the ways that Native peoples are represented in the media. Others take up such diverse topics as the use of digital technologies to document Native cultures, planning systems that have enabled indigenous communities to survive in the Arctic for thousands of years, and a project to accurately represent Dena’ina heritage in and around Anchorage. Fourteen of the volume’s many illustrations appear in color, including work by the contemporary artists Subhankar Banerjee, Perry Eaton, Erica Lord, and Larry McNeil.
Children of the Midnight Sun
Children of the Midnight Sun - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Children of the Midnight Sun write by Tricia Brown. This book was released on 2006-10. Children of the Midnight Sun available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Children of the Midnight Sun was chosen as one of Parenting Magazine's 1998 Books of the Year and School Library Journal's Best Books of 1998. For Native children, growing up in Alaska today means dwelling in a place where traditional practices sometimes mix oddly with modern conveniences. Children of the Midnight Sun explores the lives of eight Alaskan Native children, each representing a unique and ancient culture. This extraordinary book also looks at the critical role elders play in teaching the young Native traditions. Photographs and text present the experiences and way of life of Tlingit, Athabascan, Yup'ik, and other Native American children in the villages, cities, and Bush areas of Alaska.
