Contents
List of Illustrations....................xi
Preface....................xiii
Acknowledgments....................xxi
Alaska and Its People: An Introduction Maria Shaa Tláa Williams....................1
I Portraits of Nations: Telling Our Own Story....................13
Lazeni 'linn Nataelde Ghadghaande: When Russians Were Killed at "Roasted salmon Place" (Batzulnetas) James Kari, with Katie and Fred John (Athabascan)....................15
The Fur Rush: A Chronicle of Colonial Life Katerina G. Solovjova and Aleksandra A. Vovnyanko....................28
Redefining Our Planning Traditions: Caribou Fences, Community, and the Neetsaii experience Charlene Khaih Zhuu Stern (Neetsaii Gwich'in)....................42
Memories of My Trap line Maria Bolanz....................49
Cultural Identity through Yupiaq Narrative George P. Kanaqlak Charles (Yup'ik)....................56
Dena'ina Elnena: dena'ina Country: The Dena'ina in Anchorage, Alaska James A. Fall....................67
Qaneryaramta Egmiucia: Continuing Our Language Walkie Kumaggaq Charles (Yup'ik)....................85
Deg Xinag Oral Traditions: Reconnecting Indigenous Language and Education through Traditional Narratives Beth Ginondidoy Leonard (Deg Xinag Athabascan)....................91
The Alaskan Haida Language Today: Reasons for Hope Jeane Breinig (Haida)....................106
II Empire: Processing Colonization....................115
Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being Harold Napoleon (Yup'ik)....................121
Angoon Remembers: The Religious Significance of Balance and Reciprocity Nancy Furlow (Tlingit)....................144
The Comity Agreement: Missionization of Alaska Native People Maria Shaa Tláa Williams (Tlingit)....................151
Dena'ina heritage and Representation in Anchorage: A Collaborative Project Stephen J. Langdon and Aaron Leggett (Dena'ina Athabascan)....................163
how It Feels to Have Your History stolen Ted Mayac Sr. (King Island Iñupiaq)....................176
Undermining Our Tribal Governments: The Stripping of Land, Resources, and Rights from Alaska Native Nations Evon Peter (Neetsaii Gwich'in Athabascan and Jewish)....................178
Terra Incognita: Communities and Resource Wars Subhankar Banerjee....................184
Why the Natives of Alaska Have a Land Claim William Iggiagruk Hensley (Iñupiaq)....................192
A Brief History of Native Solidarity Maria Shaa Tláa Williams (Tlingit)....................202
III Worldviews: Alaska Native and Indigenous Epistemologies....................217
A Yupiaq Worldview: A Pathway to Ecology and Spirit Oscar Angayuqaq Kawagley (Yupiaq)....................221
The Cosmos: Indigenous Perspectives Gregory A. Cajete (Santa Clara Pueblo)....................230
Seeing Mathematics with Indian Eyes Claudette Engblom-Bradley (Schaghticoke)....................237
What Is Truth? Where Western Science and Traditional Knowledge Converge Lilian Na'ia Alessa....................246
The Yup'ik and Cup'ik People Joan Pirciralria Hamilton (Cup'ik)....................252
IV Native Arts: A Weaving of Melody and Color....................257
Ugiuvangmiut Illugiit Atuut: Teasing Cousins Songs of the King Island Iñupiat Deanna Paniataaq Kingston (Iñupiaq)....................261
fly 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)....................272
Kodiak Masks: A Personal Odyssey Perry Eaton (Alutiiq/Sugpiaq)....................283
Artifacts in Sound: A Century of Field Recordings of Alaska Natives Craig Coray....................294
Digital Media as a Means of Self Discovery: Identity Affirmations in Modern Technology Frank Francis-Chythlook (Yup'ik)....................306
America's Wretched Erica Lord (Iñupiaq and Athabascan)....................309
The Alaska Native Arts Festival Tim Murphrey....................318
Conflict and Counter-Myth in the Film Smoke Signals Anna Smith-Chiburis (Tlingit)....................321
Alaska Native Literature: An Updated Introduction James Ruppert....................333
V Ravenstales....................337
Poems Nora Marks Dauenhauer (Tlingit) and Richard Dauenhauer....................339
Poem C. G. Williams (Tlingit)....................351
Living in the Arctic Denise Cross Wartes....................352
Tunnel? ... What Tunnel? Eleanor Hadden (Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian)....................356
Daisy's Best-Ever Moose Stew Daisy Stri da zatse Demientieff (Athabascan)....................360
Suggestions for Further Reading....................363
Acknowledgment of Copyrights....................381
Index....................385
The Alaska Native Reader: History, Culture, Politics
