Native Cultures in Alaska, livre ebook

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.
Alaska Natives share a common history of events that have shaped their modern existence and have become a political force with certain rights and privileges. They are the only indigenous people in the United States who were not relocated to reservations by the federal government. The single exception is the Tsimshian people, who emigrated to Annette Island from western Canada in 1887 and four years later requested reservation status for their adopted island from President Grover Cleveland. Other Alaska Natives still live, hunt, and fish on the same lands as did their ancestors. Many still speak their ancestral languages, perform ancestral dances, share ancestral stories, and practice age-old values handed down through generations.
Introduction: Uniquely Alaskan – 7, Map – 10, Looking Forward, Looking Back – 23, Unangˆx (Aleut) – 41, Riding Ungiikan Home, by Barbara Švarný Carlson – 48, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) – 55, Who Are We, Anyway? By Gordon Pullar – 64, Yup'ik – 73, Yup'ik Dance Mask