Inupiaq and Yupik People of Alaska - Alaska Geographic

Description: Inupiaq and Yupik People of Alaska - 2001 Alaska Geographic is an award-winning series that presents the people, places, and wonders of Alaska to the world. Over the past 30 years, Alaska Geographic has earned its reputation as the publication for those who love Alaska. The series boasts more than 100 books to date, featuring communities from Barrow to Ketchikan, animals from bears to dinosaurs, history from the Russian explorers to today, and natural phenomena from the aurora to glaciers. Written by leading experts in their fields, these books are illustrated throughout with world-class photography and include colorful maps for reference. This is a special issue devoted to the Inupiaq and Yupik People of Alaska. It includes beautiful photographs, maps, and enlightening text by leading expert in the field of Alaska native studies. [from the back cover] Inupiaq and Yupik People of AlaskaOn the northern edge of the continent the Inupiaq and Yupik people tenaciously hold their ancient cultures through the practice of timeless traditions such as whaling, subsistence hunting, dance, art, and continued use of their Native languages. Illustrated with striking photographs, Inupiaq and Yupik People of Alaska explains how these communities strive to maintain traditional values while accommodating the economics, technology, and politics of twenty-first-century Western culture. Anthropologist Ann Fienup-Riordan describes the Central Yup'ik people she has lived with and written about for almost 30 years. She is the author of several books and was presented the Alaska Federation of Natives President's Award for her work with Alaska Natives. Susie Silook's portrait of her people, the St Lawrence Island Siberian Yupik, sheds light on both traditional customs and modern life on the island. Silook also tells of the "movie star" summer she spent as a child actress in a Hollywood film. Susie Silook is a published poet and ivory carver and in 2000 she received the Governor's Artist of the Year Award "Stewards of the Land: The Inupiat," profiles Inupiaq society and the methods the people of the Arctic use to survive in their severe yet abundant land. This chapter discusses whaling as the center of Inupiaq culture, the balancing of resource development and subsistence, and the relevance of traditional language in the delicate struggle for survival. Check out my other listings of African, Oceanic, Native American art and art history, and other regions of world art and cultures for additional rare finds.

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