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An Introduction to Native North America provides a basic introduction to the Native Peoples of North America, including both Eskimos and Indians.
Beginning with a discussion of the geography of North America, this excellent book delves into the history of research, basic prehistory, the European invasion, and the impact of Europeans on Native cultures. A final chapter covers contemporary Native Americans, including issues of religion, health, and politics. Much of the book is also written from the perspective of the ethnographic present, and the various cultures are described as they were at the specific times noted in the book.
For anyone interested in anthropology and the history of North America and Native Peoples of North America.
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Excellent Resource.......2000-01-16
Sutton's book is an excellent resource for both researchers and students of Native North America. Its coverage is complete, and the geographical regions delineated match those used in the Smithsonian's Handbook of North American Indians, making this volume an excellent text. The cross referencing with the Smithsonian's multivolume resource adds a great deal of utility for the use of Sutton's book as a classroom textbook or starting point for research. Sutton's treatment of Native American culture and history is excellent, not excluding contemporary Native American issues and the roots of modern problems. The study of the past may bring us closer to finding solutions to the problems we face today in intercultural relations. I highly reccommend this book to both instructors and researchers who deal with Native American issues, culture, and history.
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Ranging from the islands of the Bering Sea to Alaska's interior forests, Alaska Native Art celebrates the rich art of Alaska's Native peoples, both setting their work in the context of historical traditions and demonstrating the vibrant role it continues to play in contemporary Alaskan culture. Alaska Native Art showcases a staggering array of types of art—from beadwork to ivory carving, basketry to skin sewing—from Aleutian Islander, Pacific Eskimo, Tlingit, Athabaskan, Yup'ik, and Inupiaq artists, as well as full-color photographs of artists at work. Lavishly produced, and featuring a fascinating study by author Susan W. Fair of the concept of tradition in the modern world, it is a tribute to the incredible vision of Alaska's Native artists.
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modern Alaskan painting, sculpture, mixed media.......2007-02-14
Sleek lines and minimalist features place the varied Alaska Native American art as 20th century. But the number of artists from all areas of the state, including many contemporary artists, for the most part use traditional natural materials of bone or ivory, wood, animal skins, beach grass, and others. These are often combined for a kind of "mixed media" piece; such as a model of a Northwest coast dwelling made from cedar wood, twigs, deerhide, and horsehair" among other materials. With some works, there are manufactured or synthetic materials such as masonite, commercial paint, glass beads, or brass buttons. Some, paintings especially and some of the dolls, are done in a folk art style; though with these too the superior craftsmanship is evident to mark them as modern works. Abundant visual matter (nearly 300 individual selections) including not only color photos or reduced-size reproductions of art works but also photos of artists along with the text involving historical and cultural background, customary and innovative techniques, and artist portraits offer a state-of-the-art work on the subject area. The bibliography of nearly 10 pages will also be welcomed by ones interested in developments in this regional Native American art.
A treasury of heritage, beauty, and expression, especially recommended for artbook collections.......2006-09-12
Alaska Native Art by folklorist, curator, and advocate for native peoples Susan W. Fair is an extensive examination of the venerable artistic traditions of twentieth century Alaska Natives, including Tlingit, Aleutian Islanders, Pacific Eskimo, Athabaskan, Yup'ik and Inupiaq artists. Black-and-white photographs of artists and full color photographs of their artistic creations, from spirit catchers to statues, dance masks, dolls, articles of clothing, baskets, watercolor paintings, and much more, illustrate Alaska Native Art. Each object of art has a sidebar commentary about it composition, symbolism, history, and other relevant details. The text discusses the nature of artistic tradition and cultural distinctions between different tribes of Alaska's native peoples. A treasury of heritage, beauty, and expression, especially recommended for artbook collections.
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This book explains how Alaska's many different Native people have survived for more than 500 generations in one of the world's most challenging environments, long before the arrival of European technology.
Topics include traditional housing, dress, food, social systems, ceremonies, beliefs, tools and more. Supplemented with seven maps, 26 illustrations, and 55 historic photos. 6 x 9 inches; 128 pages. Completely revised in 2002.
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very hard to read.......2007-03-11
english is my fourth language, but i do read books in english all the time, because of endless variety and availability . this book is about very interesting stuff but written in least enjoyable english i ever happened to read. it's so dry, no life in it. it's almost impossible to chew thru the pages. i'm not sure i can finish it. probably will throw it away and will find another one about same suff, because i'm really into native alaskans history.
A must for any history library........2006-11-21
The Native People of Alaska by Steve J. Langdon is only 128 pages yet has a lot of detail for those of us who wish to get as much knowledge about Native life and history before the Europeans came.
The first chapter is an introduction followed by six chapters that each deal with a region of Alaska. These six chapters break down the information of that area into history, population, technologies, diet, beliefs, trade, warfare, ceremonies, first contact with Europeans and how that effected their way of life.
The last chapter is an overview of Alaskan history from first contact with the Russians to the first years of the 21st Century. There is also a list of museums and cultural centers in the back of the book that you can visit when in Alaska.
I love this book which I got from the Anchorage Museum of History and Art and think anybody who wants to understand or enjoy Alaska must buy it.
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Return To The Misty Shore.......2001-02-23
Return To The Misty Shores was the first of Ms. Leon's book I've read. It's a wonderful, well written Christian story. Since then I have read all of her following books and have found them as compelling, well written and full of great detail. Ms. Leon must spend much of her time on research as her settings and time frames are very accurate. They are mentally stimulating which makes it so easy to visuallize places, scenes and people. I find them hard to put down and highly reccomend her works.
Fantastic Reading!.......2000-04-17
couldn't put this book down. the story of a young christian girl torn between her parents and the man she loves. the story follws the consequences of making the wrong decision and not following your faith. strong reading and powerful storylines!
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Includes index and appendices.
In 1794, the first Orthodox missionary monks arrived at Kodiak to fond what they believed would be an indigenous Orthodox Church in the New World. They recognized as integral to their mission the defense of Native people who were being abused, exploited and enslaved by an unjust regime. The mission understood its function in cosmic terms: to sanctify, here and now, this land, these people, and bring them to the unity-in-love which is the goal of authentic Christian mission.
The history of the Alaskan Church confirms the eternal and indestructible character of the Church's vision, integrating into her worship the cosmic, scriptural and eschatological dimension of faith. Among the Native Americans in Alaska, Orthodoxy has become an integral part of an authentically American culture. Consequently it is appropriate that an Orthodox theology of mission should originate from the Alaskan context. If an American Orthodox missiology is to emerge, its formulation should serve not only the Church in America but contribute to the clarification of Orthodox theology for the universal Church as well.
Archpriest Michael J. Oleska, Alaskan Orthodox missionary for nearly three decades, completed his doctoral work in Church History and Patristics at the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Presov, Slovakia, in 1988. Upon completing a year of research and teaching at Moscow's St Patriarch Tikhon Theological Institute, he was elected Dean of St Herman's Seminary in Kodiak, Alaska, in 1996. He is also the editor of Alaskan Missionary Spirituality.
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super book.......2007-06-03
HIghly recommended for those who are interested in Alaska history, Russian Orthodoxy, Russian America
A wonderful learning experience!.......2007-05-08
I didn't know much about Orthodox religions before I bought this book. Not only did I learn an awful lot about the Russian Orthodox Church, but I got to see things through the eyes of a missionary. It presents topics that are not confined to the religion, but delve deep into the Alaska culture and how it both flourished and collided with Russian culture. I would gladly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn about missionary life, Alaskan native culture, Russian history, or the Russian Orthodox religion.
Unalaska and the Conflicts of the Colony.......2000-04-05
Although a little dry in places, Orthodox Alaska does a good job of illustrating the conflicts that arose between Russian Orthodox missionaries and the Russian corporations established to mine the wealth of Unalaska. It was especially interesting to see how involved the missionaries were in advocating for the native peoples of the colonies and how the considered such advocacy and important part of their faith.
An excellent book: readable and factual........1997-10-24
Michael Oleksa has done a marvelous job of giving the reader a sense both of the committment of the Orthodox missionaries and the wondrously deep spirituality of Native Alaskans. We see the classical struggles of the Church against the "world" and the people for the Church in *Orthodox Alaska.* I highly recommend it to anyone seriously considering the missionary field, or even those looking for an example of missionaries and the people they serve getting Christianity right!
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The Eskimos and Aleuts (Ancient Peoples and Places)
Don Dumond
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My thoughts and how I feel........2000-04-29
This is a wonderful book in my view, I feel that the author did a very nice job. I thought it was written beautifully and intellegently. I would recommend this book this book to anyone curious about Eskimos and Aleuts. I very much enjoyed it, especially because I am part Athabascan and I enjoyed reading about another tribe.
thank you all for your time,
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With extraordinary honesty and openness, twenty-seven Alaska Natives talk about their lives and their futures. Their experiences reflect the impact of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act passed thirty years ago.
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An honest, candid, compendium of straightforward discourse.......2001-11-12
Alexandria McClanahan's Growing Up Native In Alaska is an honest, candid, compendium of straightforward discourse by twenty-seven Alaskan Natives about what their cultures and traditions mean to them today. Each interviewed person explains their individual history and perspective in his or her own words. Growing Up Native In Alaska is a truly fascinating, informative, straight to the root account, and very highly recommended for anyone interested in contemporary Native American lifestyles and culture.
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- Dr. Stever Goes to Washington--A Solid Memoir of a Career in the Service of Science
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From the wreckage of wartime London to the halls of power at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Guy Stever devoted his life to the pure and unselfish pursuit of science. Past president of Carnegie Mellon University, former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, one-time Director of the National Science Foundation, member of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, science advisor to two presidents... Guy Stever was a central figure in twentieth century science -- consistently on the front lines, changing the fate of a nation.
In this thoughtful and candid memoir, Stever recounts an extraordinary career that reveals as much about the man as about the major scientific and technological events of his day. Born of humble origins and orphaned at an early age, Stever journeyed from a small town in New York to work alongside British comrades who were developing and refining the critical radar technology that was to turn the tide of the war against the Germans. As a technical intelligence officer, these harrowing wartime years took him from the beachheads of Normandy to the German slave-labor factories responsible for building the V-2 rockets.
Intimately involved in America's nascent guided missile program and a key player in the anti-ballistic missile defense program that heralded the era of the Cold War, Stever exerted lasting influence on countless scientific endeavors. He was instrumental in the formation of new institutions, from the creation of NASA to the merging of Carnegie Tech and the Mellon Institution, giving birth to Carnegie Mellon University. He was also Presidential Science Advisor to both Nixon and Ford, ultimately responsible for shaping the very structure of contemporary presidential science advising.
Guy Stever's life offers remarkable insight into the twentieth century. Through his eyes, we relive the history of the past 50 years, witnesses to a tale of science and technology that is revealing in its scope and sweep.
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Dr. Stever Goes to Washington--A Solid Memoir of a Career in the Service of Science.......2005-08-20
Guy Stever has been one of the most significant science policy makers of the latter third of the twentieth century. In a variety of government positions, Stever played an important and generally respected--although he has been criticized at times--role in the shaping of the nation's scientific and technical policy. He rose to prominence in the scientific and engineering community because of his aeronautical research in the development of guided missiles and spacecraft as well as in flight aerodynamics. He gained the reputation as an able administrator and a thoughtful advocate for technical expertise applied to the problems of the nation. As a result he served in several key advisory positions in the 1960s and 1970s, especially as head of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Science Advisor to Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford.
This book describes Stever's career in his various roles. It is a useful recollection of a significant individual. The most interesting part of this memoir deals with Stever's role in furthering science and technology during the cold war era. Always interested in advancing the linkage between science/technology and government, he served on several government and military advisory committees. For example, in 1947, he became a member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. In 1955-1956 Stever took a leave of absence from MIT to serve as Chief Scientist with the Air Force. He also served on advisory committees with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), NASA, NSF, and Congress in the 1950s and 1960s. Stever was also a technical advisor to several private corporations such as Goodyear Tire and United Aircraft, helping them mostly with military issues.
Beginning in 1970 Stever served on two key advisory committees for Richard Nixon, the Ad Hoc Science Panel and the Task Force on Science Policy. At the same time Nixon, who was impressed with his capabilities, appointed him to the National Science Board, the policy-making arm of NSF. These positions gave him greater visibility inside the Nixon administration, and opened the way for his appointment as NSF director in February 1972. This appointment was hardly surprising to those interested in the twists of science policy. Journalist Deborah Shapley wrote in "Science" magazine that Stever was clearly "the favorite-son candidate of both the Administration and the science-government advisory system through which he has risen for twenty years." She added that Stever was "one of the few good Republican scientist-administrators" and that Nixon liked him because he would support administration initiatives.
Stever suffered intense pressure in 1973 when Nixon abolished the office of Science Advisor to the President as being without real value and sent the responsibilities to Stever at NSF. This move, according to "Space Daily," a publication specializing in these issues in Washington, represented "a reversal of the emphasis on science and technology generated 15 years ago." To many, Stever's dual role as head of NSF and Science Advisor to the President represented a conflict of interest. Moreover, Stever was thought--rightly as it turned out--to have little access to Nixon and would be ineffective as an advocate for important scientific and technical programs. Stever now admits that he did not have the ear of the president, but insists he did the best he could.
When Nixon resigned in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal in August 1974, Stever remained at the National Science Foundation and continued to help the Ford administration with science policy. As a result, when Ford reestablished the position of Science Advisor to the President in August 1976 he asked Stever to take the position. He served in that capacity until the change in administrations in January 1977. Upon leaving government service, Stever continued to be very active as an advisor on several commissions, panels, and other task forces.
This book is an able reflection of a career as a public scientist and policy-maker. It is especially useful for understanding developments in science policy during the 1960s and 1970s. I recommend it as an important first person account of the role of science policy during one of the most tumultuous periods in modern American history.
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