"The title to this interdisciplinary collection draws on the Yupik Eskimo belief that seals, fish, and other game are precious gifts that, when treated with respect and care, will return to be hunted again. Just so, if oral traditions are told faithfully and respectfully, they w…
"The title to this interdisciplinary collection draws on the Yupik Eskimo belief that seals, fish, and other game are precious gifts that, when treated with respect and care, will return to be hunted again. Just so, if oral traditions are told faithfully and respectfully, they w…
"Fascinating and informative, Gold at Fortymile Creek tells the story of a ragtag group of risk-takers and dreamers, who set the stage for one of the most remarkable events of the nineteenth century - the Klondike gold rush."--Résumé de l'éditeur. "Fascinating and informative, …
Gold at Fortymile Creek tells the story of the search for gold in the Yukon before the great Klondike gold rush. Michael Gates writes about the life and times of the early pioneers, who suffered unimaginable hardships in search of the big strike. It is a story about survival and…
Gold at Fortymile Creek tells the story of the search for gold in the Yukon before the great Klondike gold rush. Michael Gates writes about the life and times of the early pioneers, who suffered unimaginable hardships in search of the big strike. It is a story about survival and…
"Hunters and Bureaucrats is based on the author's ethnographic fieldwork in the Southwest Yukon. Nadasdy spent almost three years in Burwash Landing, a village of seventy people, most of whom are status Indians and members of the Kluane First Nation. The result is a revealing ex…
Based on the author's ethnographic fieldwork in the South-west Yukon, this title explores how land claims and co-management, as aspects of a new and evolving relationship between Kluane First Nation and the state, are affecting Kluane people and their way of life.
"Hunters and Bureaucrats is based on the author's ethnographic fieldwork in the Southwest Yukon. Nadasdy spent almost three years in Burwash Landing, a village of seventy people, most of whom are status Indians and members of the Kluane First Nation. The result is a revealing ex…
