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9780822344803: The Alaska Native Reader: History, Culture, Politics (World Readers)
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ISBN 10: 0822344807 ISBN 13: 9780822344803
Verlag: Duke University Press, 2009

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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.

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Maria Sháa Tláa Williams is Associate Professor of Music at the University of New Mexico.

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"An insightful portrayal of Alaskan Native history, culture and politics expressed through multiple voices to inform indigenous and cross-cultural understandings. The importance of this volume is its ability to dispel the colonizing myth of the homogeneity of indigenous lived experience."--Graham Hingangaroa Smith, Distinguished Professor and Chief Executive Officer, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

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THE ALASKA NATIVE READER

HISTORY, CULTURE, POLITICS

DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Copyright © 2009 Duke University Press
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ISBN: 978-0-8223-4480-3

Contents

List of Illustrations.................................................................................................................................................................xiPreface...............................................................................................................................................................................xiiiAcknowledgments.......................................................................................................................................................................xxiAlaska and Its People: An Introduction Maria Shaa Tla Williams.......................................................................................................................1I Portraits of Nations: Telling Our Own Story.........................................................................................................................................13Lazeni 'linn Nataelde Ghadghaande: When Russians Were Killed at "Roasted salmon Place" (Batzulnetas) James Kari, with Katie and Fred John (Athabascan)...............................15The Fur Rush: A Chronicle of Colonial Life Katerina G. Solovjova and Aleksandra A. Vovnyanko.........................................................................................28Redefining Our Planning Traditions: Caribou Fences, Community, and the Neetsaii experience Charlene Khaih Zhuu Stern (Neetsaii Gwich'in).............................................42Memories of My Trap line Maria Bolanz................................................................................................................................................49Cultural Identity through Yupiaq Narrative George P. Kanaqlak Charles (Yup'ik).......................................................................................................56Dena'ina Elnena: dena'ina Country: The Dena'ina in Anchorage, Alaska James A. Fall...................................................................................................67Qaneryaramta Egmiucia: Continuing Our Language Walkie Kumaggaq Charles (Yup'ik)......................................................................................................85Deg Xinag Oral Traditions: Reconnecting Indigenous Language and Education through Traditional Narratives Beth Ginondidoy Leonard (Deg Xinag Athabascan)..............................91The Alaskan Haida Language Today: Reasons for Hope Jeane Breinig (Haida).............................................................................................................106II Empire: Processing Colonization....................................................................................................................................................115Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being Harold Napoleon (Yup'ik)........................................................................................................................121Angoon Remembers: The Religious Significance of Balance and Reciprocity Nancy Furlow (Tlingit).......................................................................................144The Comity Agreement: Missionization of Alaska Native People Maria Shaa Tla Williams (Tlingit)......................................................................................151Dena'ina heritage and Representation in Anchorage: A Collaborative Project Stephen J. Langdon and Aaron Leggett (Dena'ina Athabascan)................................................163how It Feels to Have Your History stolen Ted Mayac Sr. (King Island Iupiaq).........................................................................................................176Undermining Our Tribal Governments: The Stripping of Land, Resources, and Rights from Alaska Native Nations Evon Peter (Neetsaii Gwich'in Athabascan and Jewish).....................178Terra Incognita: Communities and Resource Wars Subhankar Banerjee....................................................................................................................184Why the Natives of Alaska Have a Land Claim William Iggiagruk Hensley (Iupiaq)......................................................................................................192A Brief History of Native Solidarity Maria Shaa Tla Williams (Tlingit)..............................................................................................................202III Worldviews: Alaska Native and Indigenous Epistemologies...........................................................................................................................217A Yupiaq Worldview: A Pathway to Ecology and Spirit Oscar Angayuqaq Kawagley (Yupiaq)................................................................................................221The Cosmos: Indigenous Perspectives Gregory A. Cajete (Santa Clara Pueblo)...........................................................................................................230Seeing Mathematics with Indian Eyes Claudette Engblom-Bradley (Schaghticoke).........................................................................................................237What Is Truth? Where Western Science and Traditional Knowledge Converge Lilian Na'ia Alessa..........................................................................................246The Yup'ik and Cup'ik People Joan Pirciralria Hamilton (Cup'ik)......................................................................................................................252IV Native Arts: A Weaving of Melody and Color.........................................................................................................................................257Ugiuvangmiut Illugiit Atuut: Teasing Cousins Songs of the King Island Iupiat Deanna Paniataaq Kingston (Iupiaq)....................................................................261fly by night mythology: An Indigenous Guide to White Man, or How to Stay Sane When the World Makes No Sense Larry McNeil (Tlingit and Nisga'a).......................................272Kodiak Masks: A Personal Odyssey Perry Eaton (Alutiiq/Sugpiaq).......................................................................................................................283Artifacts in Sound: A Century of Field Recordings of Alaska Natives Craig Coray......................................................................................................294Digital Media as a Means of Self Discovery: Identity Affirmations in Modern Technology Frank Francis-Chythlook (Yup'ik)..............................................................306America's Wretched Erica Lord (Iupiaq and Athabascan)...............................................................................................................................309The Alaska Native Arts Festival Tim Murphrey.........................................................................................................................................318Conflict and Counter-Myth in the Film Smoke Signals Anna Smith-Chiburis (Tlingit)....................................................................................................321Alaska Native Literature: An Updated Introduction James Ruppert......................................................................................................................333V Ravenstales.........................................................................................................................................................................337Poems...

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Verlag
Duke University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0822344807
ISBN 13 
9780822344803
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
416
Herausgeber
Williams Maria Sháa Tláa
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