The Native People of Alaska: Traditional Living in a Northern Land (Fourth Edition)

Greatland Graphics, 2002. Paperback. New. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes photos, illustrations, and maps. 128 pp.

Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Where in Alaska can you find mummies? How could Aleut hunters capture whales while staying home sick in bed? Why were totem poles built? Who settled fights with a duel of singing? Why would an Inupiat woman offer a drink of water to a dead whale?

You will be able to answer all of these questions after reading this fascinating book about the people who have been inhabiting and successfully surviving in "The Great Land" for more than 200 generations: the Native people of Alaska.

This comprehensive, easy to read, introductory guide to Alaska's first inhabitants focuses on their lifestyles, traditions and culture at the time of first contact with Europeans.

Supplemented with more than 50 historic and contemporary photos and six maps. The Native People of Alaska also explores the rapid changes and challenges facing Alaska natives today.