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Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage

Author : Aron A. Crowell
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588342700
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage written by Aron A. Crowell and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska features more than 200 objects representing the masterful artistry and design traditions of twenty Alaska Native peoples. Based on a collaborative exhibition created by Alaska Native communities, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, this richly illustrated volume celebrates both the long-awaited return of ancestral treasures to their native homeland and the diverse cultures in which they were created. Despite the North's transformation through globalizing change, the objects shown in these pages are interpretable within ongoing cultural frames, articulated in languges still spoken. They were made for a way of life on the land that is carried on today throughout Alaska. Dialogue with the region's First Peoples evokes past meanings but focuses equally on contemporary values, practices, and identities. Objects and narratives show how each Alaska Native nation is unique—and how all are connected. After introductions to the history of the land and its people, universal themes of “Sea, Land, Rivers,” “Family and Community,” and “Ceremony and Celebration” are explored referencing exquisite masks, parkas, beaded garments, basketry, weapons, and carvings that embody the diverse environments and practices of their makers. Accompanied by traditional stories and personal accounts by Alaska Native elders, artists, and scholars, each piece featured in Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage evokes both historical and contemporary meaning, and breathes the life of its people.

Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska

Author : L. M. Turner
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780469505544
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska written by L. M. Turner and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Ainu

Author : William W. Fitzhugh
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ainu written by William W. Fitzhugh and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Some 55 scholars, mostly Japanese but with a considerable number from the US and Europe, write about the ethnicity, theories of origin, history, economies, art, religious beliefs, mythology, and other aspects of the culture of the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, now principally found in Hokkaido and smaller far northern islands. Hundreds of photographs and paintings, mostly in excellent quality color, show a wide variety of Ainu people, as well as clothing, jewelry, and various artifacts."--"Choice". "The most in-depth treatise available on Ainu prehistory, material culture, and ethnohistory." - "Library Journal".--Amazon.com (2001 ed, book description).

Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska

Author : Lucien M. Turner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska written by Lucien M. Turner and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska

Author : Edward W. Nelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska written by Edward W. Nelson and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

William Stimpson and the Golden Age of American Natural History

Author : Ronald Scott Vasile
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501758128
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book William Stimpson and the Golden Age of American Natural History written by Ronald Scott Vasile and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Stimpson was at the forefront of the American natural history community in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Stimpson displayed an early affinity for the sea and natural history, and after completing an apprenticeship with famed naturalist Louis Agassiz, he became one of the first professionally trained naturalists in the United States. In 1852, twenty-year-old Stimpson was appointed naturalist of the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition, where he collected and classified hundreds of marine animals. Upon his return, he joined renowned naturalist Spencer F. Baird at the Smithsonian Institution to create its department of invertebrate zoology. He also founded and led the irreverent and fun-loving Megatherium Club, which included many notable naturalists. In 1865, Stimpson focused on turning the Chicago Academy of Sciences into one of the largest and most important museums in the country. Tragically, the museum was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and Stimpson died of tuberculosis soon after, before he could restore his scientific legacy. This first-ever biography of William Stimpson situates his work in the context of his time. As one of few to collaborate with both Agassiz and Baird, Stimpson's life provides insight into the men who shaped a generation of naturalists--the last before intense specialization caused naturalists to give way to biologists. Historians of science and general readers interested in biographies, science, and history will enjoy this compelling biography.

Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska: Results of Investigations Made Chiefly in the Yukon District and the Aleutian Islands

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Author : Lucien McShan Turner
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781340446673
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska: Results of Investigations Made Chiefly in the Yukon District and the Aleutian Islands written by Lucien McShan Turner and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Alaska

Author : Claus M. Naske
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806146669
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book Alaska written by Claus M. Naske and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region's and state's history, including the Russian period; the territory's painfully attenuated quest for statehood; the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native Americans for their losses; the effect of the oil industry and the trans-Alaska pipeline on the economy; the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and Alaska politics through the early 2000s.-- Back cover.

Nature's State

Author : Susan Kollin
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469648091
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Nature's State written by Susan Kollin and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging blend of environmental theory and literary studies, Nature's State looks behind the myth of Alaska as America's "last frontier," a pristine and wild place on the fringes of our geographical imagination. Susan Kollin traces how this seemingly marginal space in American culture has in fact functioned to alleviate larger social anxieties about nature, ethnicity, and national identity. Kollin pays special attention to the ways in which concerns for the environment not only shaped understandings of Alaska, but also aided U.S. nation-building projects in the Far North from the late nineteenth century to the present era. Beginning in 1867, the year the United States purchased Alaska, a variety of literary and cultural texts helped position the region as a crucial staging ground for territorial struggles between native peoples, Russians, Canadians, and Americans. In showing how Alaska has functioned as a contested geography in the nation's spatial imagination, Kollin addresses writings by a wide range of figures, including early naturalists John Muir and Robert Marshall, contemporary nature writers Margaret Murie, John McPhee, and Barry Lopez, adventure writers Jack London and Jon Krakauer, and native authors Nora Dauenhauer, Robert Davis, and Mary TallMountain.

The Alaska 67

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alaska 67 written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Changing Paths

Author : Bill Sherwonit
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602231060
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Changing Paths written by Bill Sherwonit and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska’s Arctic Wilderness is an autobiographical exploration of author Bill Sherwonit’s relationship with the Alaska wilderness. Written in three parts, it first describes Sherwonit’s introduction to the Brooks Range and his years as an exploration geologist. Taking a step back, the author then takes us into the past to explore his childhood roots in rural Connecticut and his recognition of wild nature as a refuge. He concludes with his emergence as a nature writer and wilderness advocate. An engrossing, fascinating, and eye-opening tale of one man’s life and of wilderness conceptions, this vivid description of an area of Alaska that few people get to experience is authentic and enlightening. It is an extraordinary contribution to the literature of place from one of Alaska’s most accomplished nature writers.

North American Fauna

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
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Download or read book North American Fauna written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska

Author : Lucien M. Turner
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781354491744
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska written by Lucien M. Turner and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Alaska

Author : Claus M. Naske
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806186135
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Alaska written by Claus M. Naske and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest by far of the fifty states, Alaska is also the state of greatest mystery and diversity. And, as Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick show in this comprehensive survey, the history of Alaska’s peoples and the development of its economy have matched the diversity of its land- and seascapes. Alaska: A History begins by examining the region’s geography and the Native peoples who inhabited it for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. The Russians claimed northern North America by right of discovery in 1741. During their occupation of “Russian America” the region was little more than an outpost for fur hunters and traders. When the czar sold the territory to the United States in 1867, nobody knew what to do with “Seward’s Folly.” Mainland America paid little attention to the new acquisition until a rush of gold seekers flooded into the Yukon Territory. In 1906 Congress granted Alaska Territory a voteless delegate and in 1912 gave it a territorial legislature. Not until 1959, however, was Alaska’s long-sought goal of statehood realized. During World War II, Alaska’s place along the great circle route from the United States to Asia firmly established its military importance, which was underscored during the Cold War. The developing military garrison brought federal money and many new residents. Then the discovery of huge oil and natural-gas deposits gave a measure of economic security to the state. Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region’s and state’s history, including the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native Americans for their losses; the effect of the oil industry and the trans-Alaska pipeline on the economy; the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and Alaska politics through the early 2000s.

Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska

Author : Lucien McShan Turner
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781294082125
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska written by Lucien McShan Turner and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Contributions To The Natural History Of Alaska: Results Of Investigations Made Chiefly In The Yukon District And The Aleutian Islands; Conducted Under The Auspices Of The Signal Service, United States Army, Extending From May, 1874, To August, 1881; Issue 11 Of Arctic Series Of Publications Issued In Connection With The Signal Service, U.S. Army; Issue 155 Of Miscellaneous Document - 49th Congress, 1st Session. Senate; Arctic Series Of Publications; United States Army; Contributions To The Natural History Of Alaska: Results Of Investigations ... In The Yukon District And The Aleutian Islands; Conducted Under The Auspices Of The Signal Service, United States Army, Extending From May, 1874, To August, 1881; Lucien McShan Turner Lucien McShan Turner Govt. Print. Off., 1886 Science; Earth Sciences; Meteorology & Climatology; Alaska; Meteorology; Natural history; Plants; Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology

Contributions in Science

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Contributions in Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Darkest Alaska

Author : Robert Campbell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812201523
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book In Darkest Alaska written by Robert Campbell and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Alaska became a mining bonanza, it was a scenic bonanza, a place larger in the American imagination than in its actual borders. Prior to the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, thousands of scenic adventurers journeyed along the Inside Passage, the nearly thousand-mile sea-lane that snakes up the Pacific coast from Puget Sound to Icy Strait. Both the famous—including wilderness advocate John Muir, landscape painter Albert Bierstadt, and photographers Eadweard Muybridge and Edward Curtis—and the long forgotten—a gay ex-sailor, a former society reporter, an African explorer, and a neurasthenic Methodist minister—returned with fascinating accounts of their Alaskan journeys, becoming advance men and women for an expanding United States. In Darkest Alaska explores the popular images conjured by these travelers' tales, as well as their influence on the broader society. Drawing on lively firsthand accounts, archival photographs, maps, and other ephemera of the day, historian Robert Campbell chronicles how Gilded Age sightseers were inspired by Alaska's bounty of evolutionary treasures, tribal artifacts, geological riches, and novel thrills to produce a wealth of highly imaginative reportage about the territory. By portraying the territory as a "Last West" ripe for American conquest, tourists helped pave the way for settlement and exploitation.