The Alaska Native Reader: History, Culture, Politics

by Robin Kirk and Orin Starn

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822344807
• ISBN13: 9780822344803
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"