فرهنگ‌های بومی در آلاسکا: به جلو نگاه کردن، به عقب نگاه کردن (جغرافیای آلاسکا)

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. As the first people crossed the Bering Land Bridge into North America, they arrived in what is now called Alaska. Today, many of the descendents of those migrating peoples to stayed in Alaska still live here. Of those who stayed in Alaska, many still speak their ancestral languages, perform ancestral dances, tell ancestral stories, and follow values handed down from generation to generation. Since the short time span of about twenty-seven decades ago when the first Caucasians discovered and explored parts of the Alaskan coastline under the command of Vitas Bering, Alaska Natives have met the challenges and solved problems of today's world while more and more looking within their cultures for solutions Title 2 Copyright 4 Contents 8 Introduction: Uniquely Alaskan 11 Map 30 Looking Forward, Looking Back 31 Unangaˆx (Aleut) 51 Riding Ungiikan Home, by Barbara Švarný Carlson 59 Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) 68 Who Are We, Anyway? by Gordon Pullar 78 Yup’ik 89 Yup’ik Dance Masks: Stories of Culture 99 Siberian Yupik 103 Iñupiat 108 A Time for Whaling, by Sheila Frankson 122 Athabascan 128 People of the Yukon Flats, by Velma Wallis 143 Eyak 151 Tlingit 163 Carving Traditions, by Nathan Jackson 174 Tsimshian 183 Haida 193 Delores Churchill: The Weaver’s Daughter 202 Bibliography 207 index 211 Alaska Natives are not a single, homogeneous entity. Broadly identified by anthropologists as Aleuts, Eskimos, and Indians, Alaska Natives belong, more specifically to one of twenty language and culture groups. Within those are particular village and tribal affiliations. And though many Natives have moved to Alaska's urban areas, each identifies with a different geographic region where their ancestors lived and where their home villages are today 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. Using updated maps, historical pictures, new contemporary photographs, and updated text, the revised edition of Native Cultures in Alaska: Looking Forward, Looking Back is now available in this contemporary format. We are pleased to publish this work in collaboration Alaska Geographic. --Book Jacket This book takes a closer look at the rich and diverse cultures of Alaska's various Native groups, and how they continue cultural practices and activities within the context of contemporary society