Introducing visitors to the diverse lands and rich cultural traditions of Native Alaskans, this guide leads travelers to villages, festivals, museums, tours, historic sites, art collections, and dance performances of Native Alaskans, and profiles artists-at-work.
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not what I expected -- not an anthropology text, but a really well-written guidebook,
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What a shame that this book is out of print! I bought a used copy on Amazon, expecting that it would be an introductory cultural anthropology textbook. Instead, it is really a guide book with a focus on cultural tourism, and an extremely good one. It is highly readable, both well-written and also well-printed on high quality paper, and includes some valuable details that my standard guidebook omitted. If I only take one guide book with me on my upcoming Inner Passage tour, this will be the one.
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I live in The Great Land and work for the Native Health/Public Health System. I fly out to Bush Clinics in my work and this book has been a very valuable asset to me to help understand each of the major Native Cultures. For anyone who is interested in coming to Alaska, working here or those who are interested in American Native Cultures, this is a excellent book.
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The hundreds of forest islands, glacier-carved fjords, churning narrows, straits, and bays of Southeast Alaska are part of the Inside Passage. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
totem park, birchbark baskets, summer fish camp, bear viewing, clan house, native corporations, village corporations, cruise ship dock, king salmon, fur parkas, fishing packages, clan symbols, subsistence fishing, subsistence hunting, fish camps, subsistence lifestyle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alaska Native, Southeast Alaska, Bristol Bay, Lake Clark, Glacier Bay, Russian Orthodox, Yukon River, Southwest Alaska, United States, Alaska Peninsula, Bering Sea, Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island, Lake Iliamna, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska Airlines, Cook Inlet, Brooks Camp, British Columbia, Katmai National Park, Larsen Bay, Old Harbor, Aleutian Islands, Naknek River, Taquan Air New!
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The hundreds of forest islands, glacier-carved fjords, churning narrows, straits, and bays of Southeast Alaska are part of the Inside Passage. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
totem park, birchbark baskets, summer fish camp, bear viewing, clan house, native corporations, village corporations, cruise ship dock, king salmon, fur parkas, fishing packages, clan symbols, subsistence fishing, subsistence hunting, fish camps, subsistence lifestyle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alaska Native, Southeast Alaska, Bristol Bay, Lake Clark, Glacier Bay, Russian Orthodox, Yukon River, Southwest Alaska, United States, Alaska Peninsula, Bering Sea, Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island, Lake Iliamna, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska Airlines, Cook Inlet, Brooks Camp, British Columbia, Katmai National Park, Larsen Bay, Old Harbor, Aleutian Islands, Naknek River, Taquan Air New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- National Park Service: The Story Behind the Scenery by Horace M. Albright on page 104, page 110, and page 112
- Southeast Alaska: Part 2 (Alaska Geographic) by Alaska Geographic on page 36, and page 57
- Sand Dunes: A Practical Handbook by Alan Brooks on page 234, and page 243
- Aleut and Eskimo Art: Tradition and Innovation in South Alaska by Dorothy Jean Ray on page 131
- Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun by Velma Wallis on page 196
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- Native Peoples of the Northwest: A Traveler's Guide to Land, Art, and Culture by Jan Halliday in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents: Who They Are! What They Want! and How to Win Them Over! (13th Edition) by Jeff Herman on page 254
- Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 13th Edition (with CD-ROM): Who They Are! What They Want! And How to Win Them Over! by Jeff Herman on page 254
- Travel Unlimited: Uncommon Adventures for the Mature Traveler by Alison Gardner in Back Matter
- Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land by Walter R. Borneman in Back Matter
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