[Alaska State Museum]. Baskets, Nets, and Rope: The Art of Survival: Woven works by Elizabeth Moller Lindsley and Native Alaskans. [exhibition catalog]. No date (circa 1970's). Sponsored by the Alaska State Museum. 104 pages. Black & white photos. Bibliography. [keywords: Basket making]. Includes the legend of the origin of basketry.  Oblong softcover. Former owner's name inside. Small water spill to back cover. Overall very good. Very scarce title. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples OP Bookcase]  $75 plus $4 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra). To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
[Alaskans listening to Alaskans] Sharing ground: Alaskans Listening to Alaskans about Subsistence. Monroe, Cynthia. Two DVD's in a box, 210 minutes running time. American Friends Service Committee & Alaska Humanities Forum, 2004. The series of seven video programs includes the Alaskan communities of Buckland, Huslia, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau, Angoon and Hydaburg. “Sharing Ground,” the program that bears the series title, features highlights from the whole project, while the other six focus on the specific communitieslisted above. Nice condition. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples OP Bookcase]  $45 plus $4 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra). To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

American Indian Basketry magazine: Alaska issue. Eskimo, Aleut, Indian baskets.



American Indian Basketry Magazine. Whole Alaska issue, No. 6.

(Vol. 2, No. 2.) Many photographs and illustrations.

Contents:
E.S. Meany “Attu and Yakutat basketry”
J. M. Gogol. “Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut Basketry of Alaska”
Sue E. Devine. “Spruce Root Hats of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimsian”
Ronald L. Weber. “Tsimshian Twined Basketry: Stylistic and Cultural Relationships”
Ann Chandonnet. Mingqaaliyaraq: Books on Eskimo and Aleut Basketry.

New condition (in my bookstore storage room for the last 25 years).

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[Bethel Regional High School Students] Kaliikaq Yugnek. Bethel, Alaska : Bethel Regional High School, 1974-1978. Vol. 1 #1, fall 1974. [keywords: Eskimos--Alaska--Periodicals. Table of contents: Blackfish Trap--Nick Carter; Blackfish--Nick Nichols; Checking a Blackfish Trap--John Fitka & Alice Frank; Set Nets--John Fitka & Alice Frank; Fish Racks--photos; Smoke Houses--photos; How Young Men Get Ready for Hunting--Linda Moore; How Boats are Towed to the Open Sea--Samson Mann; Seal Hunting--Samson Mann; Kayaks--Samson Mann; Kayak Building--Nick Nichols; Hunting Geese--John Cleveland; Nussiq/Men's Knife--Nick Isaac; Uluaq/Women's Knife--Picture; Yaaruin/Story Knife--Lou Henry, Annie Friendly & Linda Moore; Little Boy Playing with String--story by Martha Larson retold by Lou Henry, Annie Friendly & Linda Moore; The Little Mouse--story by Martha Larson, retold by Lou Henry, Annie Friendly & Linda Moore; Interview with Martha Larson--Annie Friendly & Lnda Moore; Theresa Nanok/ A Story--translated by Ben Nayamin & Pat  Nanok; Gut Raincoat--photo of Samson Mann; Qaspeq--photo of Sally Cleveland; A Girl--Mildred Kelly; The Eskimo Hat-- Tatiana Pavilla; Akutaq--Balassa Larson; Miscellaneous Recipes--Balassa Larson; Ptarmigan--John Cleveland; Old Lady and Two Boys--Frances Friend; Wild Celery at Quinhagak--Sally Cleveland; Qasegiq--Larry Keene; Medicine--Mildred Kelly; Crow and Fox--story by Joe Simeon, translated by Julia Gregory and Oxenia Pitka; Early Days in Bethel--Interview by Lovey Stephanoff & Anna Nook; Survival--Mildred Kelly; How an Old Lady Got Young. Spiral bound softcover. No pagination. Very Good. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase, Alaska Ethnology metal organizer]  $35 plus $4 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Birket-Smith, Kaj. The Chugach Eskimo. Nationalmuseets publikationsfond,1953. 261 pp. illus. Bibliography. [Series: Nationalmuseets skrifter. Etnografisk raekke, 6 Nationalmuseets skrifter. Etnografisk raekke ; vol. 6.]  SOLD
Birket-Smith, Kaj. The Eskimos. NY: E.P. Dutton, 1935. VG. First English Edition. Also contains considerable material on the Aleuts. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Birket-Smith, Kaj.,  and De Laguna, Frederica.  The Eyak Indians of the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Copenhagen, 1938.  Levin & MunksgaardE. Munksgaard. 591 pp.  (incl. maps). (Keywords: Eyak Indians, Indians of North America, Copper River Region, Alaska). For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com


Birket-Smith, Kaj.,  and De Laguna, Frederica.  The Eyak Indians of the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Hardcover reprint, no dust jacket as issued.

Very scarce 1976 reprint by AMS Press. 591 pages. Dark red cloth covers. This is a new copy and has some shiny areas to the front and back covers from the plastic that was wrapped around the book at the factory, and stored in this plastic for 30 years.

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Brown, William E.  Nuiqsut Heritage : A Cultural Plan. [Cover title: Nuiqsut Paisanich] Prepared for the Village of Nuiqsut and the North Slope Planning Commission and Commission on History and Culture. Anchorage, Alaska, 1979. 56 pages.  illustrations, photos, maps. [keywords: Eskimos--Alaska--Nuiqsut; Nuiqsut (Alaska)--Antiquities]. The very nice maps include maps on "aboriginal trade routes", "historical extended use", "current intensive subsistence use", "traditional land use inventory sites", "lower Colville River historic sites", "Puviksuk", "Niglik/ Woods Inaat (camp)", "Itkillikpaat", "subsistence travels 1970", "furbearers", "major food sources", and more maps! Oblong softcover.  Light abrasions to cover,  otherwise  very good.  [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase, Alaska Ethnology metal organizer]  $35 plus $4 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Totem Echoes
 Totem Echoes
 Totem Echoes
Davis, Carol Beery. Totem Echoes : a collection of authentic southeast Alaskan native tunes. Compiled and arranged by Carol Beery Davis, assistant in arranging, Sylvia Audrey Davis. First edition, special limited edition. Privately published in Juneau, Alaska, by the Miner Publishing Company, 1984. 128 pages, illustrations, vintage b&w photographs, music. Hardcover, 4to, dark green cloth with inserted cover illustration, gold lettering. Former owner's address on ffep, otherwise near fine. Rare work on musical ethnography, ethnology, and native folklore of Southeast Alaska, from Yakutat south including Klukwan, Haines, Skagway, Juneau, Pelican, Hoonah, Chichagof, Tenakee Springs, Chatham, Sitka, Angoon, Kake, Port Alexander, Petersburg, Wrangell, Klawock, Craig, Kasaan, Ketchikan, and Metlakatla. Southeast Alaska Indian music. CONTENTS: Festive Dance & Tom-Tom Song; Berry-picking Song; Told at Twilight; Kusehani; Hoonah Medicine Man; Burial Song (Lament); Mr. Crow; Interior Dance (Kuana-Ayon); False Lover; Worm Girl Song; Thunderbird (Memorial Song); Picnic Song; Bridal Song; Ptarmigan Strut; Man in the Moon (Song & Dance); Eskimo Medicine Man; Stikine War Dance; My Own Kusehani. Words of the songs in Tlingit and English. [keywords: Tlingit Indians--Songs and music.  Indians of North America--Alaska--Songs and music. Ethnomusicology]. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples OP Bookcase] INV#1342. $150 plus $5  postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com



Some Dynamic Forces in Tlingit Society


De Laguna, Frederica . SOME DYNAMIC FORCES IN TLINGIT SOCIETY.  Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania; Arctic Institute of North America; no date, circa 1952; report measures 9" X 11.5"; 20 pages; anthropology of the Tlingit, based on observations in the summer of 1950; rigid binder with A.I.N.A. label; typewritten on transparent paper; occassional corrections in pen; very good condition;  Important RARE original report, not found at Alaska State Library, nor at UAF or UAA libraries. [shelf locator: Anthropology Bookcase] $250 + $5 ship/ins.  order from dick@AlaskaWanted.com   
de Laguna, Frederica . SOME DYNAMIC FORCES IN TLINGIT SOCIETY
De Laguna, Frederica. Chugach Prehistory, The Archaeology of Prince William Sound, Alaska. 1956, University of Washington Publications in Archaeology, Volume 13. Very Good. Softcover. 289 pages. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

De Laguna, Frederica. Under Mount Saint Elias: the history and culture of the Yakutat Tlingit. 3 large volumes. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press;1972.  (Smithsonian contributions to anthropology v. 7). Photographs. Bibliography. Tlingit Indians. Very Good condition. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

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 Under Mount Saint Elias

De Laguna, Frederica. Under Mount Saint Elias: the history and culture of the Yakutat Tlingit. 3 large volumes. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press;1972.  (Smithsonian contributions to anthropology v. 7). Photographs. Bibliography. Tlingit Indians. Good condition. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
De Laguna, Frederica. Under Mount Saint Elias: the history and culture of the Yakutat Tlingit. 3 large volumes. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press;1972.
(Smithsonian contributions to anthropology v. 7). Photographs. Bibliography. Tlingit Indians. Good condition; made up set (spines different color). For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
De Laguna, Frederica. Under Mount Saint Elias: the history and culture of the Yakutat Tlingit. 3 large volumes. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press;1972.
(Smithsonian contributions to anthropology v. 7). Photographs. Bibliography. Tlingit Indians. Good condition; xlibrary. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
De Laguna, Frederica. Under Mount Saint Elias: the history and culture of the Yakutat Tlingit. 3 large volumes. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press;1972.
(Smithsonian contributions to anthropology v. 7). Photographs. Bibliography. Tlingit Indians. Poor condition; reading copy. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Desson, Dominique.  Masked Rituals of the Kodiak Archipelago. 1995. The Ph.D. Dissertation of Dominique Desson (University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1995) was originally in 2 volumes (628 pages). This offering is a stack of unbound sheets of her dissertation in high quality copy. [keywords: Koniagmiut Eskimos--Rites and ceremonies--Alaska--Kodiak Island. Social life and customs--Alaska--Kodiak Island]. 8 1/2 X 11 inches, loose pages. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples OP Bookcase]  $40 plus $5 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra). To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com





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Duncan, Kate C. Northern Athapaskan Art : a beadwork tradition.  Seattle : University of Washington Press. 1989.  HARDCOVER in good+ dust jacket. 224 pages (32 pages of plates, some in color), maps, index. [keywords: Athapascan embroidery; Athapascan beadwork--Canada; Athapascan beadwork--Alaska. $250 plus $7 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra). To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
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[Episcopal Church]. Service book; being parts of the Book of common prayer, set forth for use in the dialect of the Qliyukuwhutana Indians at the Mission of Our Saviour, Tanana, Alaska. 1908. Episcopal Church. Book of common prayer. New York, Bible & Common Prayer Book Society.  109 pages. [keywords: Episcopal Church, Alaska; Tanana; Prayer-books and devotions]. Xlibrary, otherwise good. Very rare. INV#1338. $175 plus $6  postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra). To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com		 Tanana Alaska athapascan bible
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Garfield, Viola E, and Linn A. Forrest The wolf and the raven: totem poles of southeastern Alaska. Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1948. FIRST EDITION. 151 pages.  [keywords: Saxman Totem Park -- Ketchikan Totem Park -- Mud Bight Village -- Klawak Totem Park. Totems--Alaska--Ketchikan Region.  Totems--Alaska, Southeast. Indians of North America--Religion--Northwest, Pacific]. Very good in good dust jacket in mylar protector. Age darkening at the inner hinges. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples OP Bookcase] $35 plus $4 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Goldin, Laurence A. The Land is Ours. VHS video. Produced, directed and edited by Laurence A. Goldin; written by Laurence A. Goldin and Bradford C. Matsen. [videorecording] 1996. videocassette (VHS) (57 min.) [KEYWORDS: Tlingit Indians: History; Social life and customs. Haida Indians:History; Social life and customs. Alaska Native Brotherhood: History.] New in original factory shrinkwrap. Out-of-print; rare. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples OP Bookcase] INV#1336. $78 plus $5  postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this video. SOLD
Gubser, Nicholas J. Nunamiut Eskimos: Hunters of Caribou. 1965. Hardcover. Pub: New Haven: Yale University Press. 384pp. Condition: Library discard; magic marker to all edges;1st blank page gone, tape residue. Reading copy. No highlighting. No underlining. Dust jacket worn. $24.95 plus $6.05 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book SOLD
Hawthorn, Audrey. ART OF THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS, AND OTHER NORTHWEST COAST TRIBES. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967. 409 pages.  Color plates. First free end page (blank page, red color) has corner clipped off (probably to remove a former owner's name), otherwise VG. Dust jacket worn. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples OP Bookcase]  INV#1351. $75 plus $5 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra). To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

History, Ethnology & Anthropology of the Aleut
 Jochelson, Waldemar.  History, Ethnology, and Anthropology of the Aleut. University of Utah Press, 2002.  91 pages. Softcover, reprint. Illustrations. (Anthropology of Pacific North America series, originally published in 1933). Chapters: Ch. I. History of the Discovery of the Aleutian Islands -- Ch. II. The Aleut. Sailing from the Shumagin Islands to Bering Sea. The Bering Island. The Landing. The Death of Bering -- Ch. III. Economic Activities of the Aleut. The Fur-Seal Fisheries. Killing of Fur Seals. Fishing. Bird Hunting. The Skin-Boat -- Ch. IV. Cultural Activities of the Aleut. Grass Work of Aleut Women. Grasses for Weaving. Edible Roots and Grasses. Games. Ornamental Figures and their Aleut Names -- Ch. V. Relationship System of the Aleut. Social and Historical Meaning of Terms. Form of Address. Aleut Personal Names Before Baptism -- Ch. VI. Mythology of the Aleut. An Epic Narrative of the Pribolof Islands. Amulets -- Ch. VII. Physical Types -- Ch. VIII. Measures of Time and Spaces. The Seasons. Aleut Measures. Cardinal Points. Based on Jochelson’s 1909-1910 fieldwork with the Aleut, this is the ethnographic continuation of his archaeological investigations. This volume presents a comprehensive picture of Aleut society a hundred years ago. “After nearly a century, Jochelson’s works remain the most comprehensive treatment of Aleutian archaeology and ethnography in print. They are an indispensable resource for scholars, but thanks in part to the lavish use of historic photographs they also have great appeal for the lay reader.”—Rick Knecht, Museum of the Aleutians. [keywords: Aleuts; Aleutian Islands, Alaska]. Condition: New. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase]  Was $14.95, SALE $12.95 plus $3 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra). To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.co
[Kenai Peninsula Borough School District] Alexandrovsk: English Bay in its traditional way. No. 2. Alexandrovsk: English Bay in its traditional way, 1980-1981. 75 pages. [keywords: Aleuts--Social life and customs--Periodicals; Legends--Alaska--English Bay region--Periodicals; English Bay region (Alaska)--Social life and customs--Periodicals]. Table of contents: Old Fishing/Cuumi lqallugsuurillrat; Wildlife; Medicinal Plants; Scary Stories; He Was Holding A Club Like A Caveman/Assuu'tamek; Ang'aqurluni Nunallatestun; Sergus Moonin Recollections; John Moonin Background; Bush Pilot Bob Gruber; Everything Was Cheap; They Would Say. "Please Raven"; Old Beliefs/Qangirllanguat Picit; Old Music; Skin Boats; Old Games/Cuumi Wamqutallrit; Sod House; Trails; Influences; Sarge Kvasnikoff's Memories of Old Houses; Water Treatment; Symbolism of the Orthodox Church Building; Marriage in the Russian Orthodox Church; Recipes. Very Good. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase, Alaska Ethnology metal organizer].  $35 plus $4 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
[Kenai Peninsula Borough School District] Alexandrovsk: English Bay in its traditional way. No. 3. Alexandrovsk: English Bay in its traditional way, 1982. 30 pages. [keywords: Aleuts--Social life and customs--Periodicals; Legends--Alaska--English Bay region--Periodicals; English Bay region (Alaska)--Social life and customs--Periodicals]. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Roots; Iuvenalii of the Kenai; Great Lent: Spiritual Preparation for Easter; Easter in English Bay ; "If I Did Go Over the Bluff..."; Seal Hunting; She Looks Like an Alligator; They Knew the Wood; Moving Island; No More Fishtraps for Me!; Bones is Coming; The Only Pretty Birds; Old Artifacts Found Now and Then. Good. A couple of rubber stamps (one date stamp on cover, and a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District stamp inside. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase, Alaska Ethnology metal organizer].  $25 plus $3 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Knapp, Frances, and Rheta Louise Childe (Dorr). The Thlinkets of Southeastern Alaska. 1896. Stone and Kimball, Chicago. Illustrated frontis. 197 pages. Photographs.  Previous owner's name (Robert Lansing) on ffep, which has a chipped corner; dated Seattle, Sept. 1896. Chipped label on spine. Dark red cloth with moderate wear at edges, otherwise very good.. VERY SCARCE BOOK! "Notes gathered from the older Indians at Sitka during a three-year residence" Melvin Ricks, 1960. (keywords: Tlingit Indians, Sitka).  [shelf locator: Glass-front Bookcase#1] INV#1356. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
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[VHS video-recording] Lastufka-Taylor, Francine. Alutiiq pride: a Story of Subsistence. 1997. Produced by Taylor Productions; writer/producer/director/narrator: Francine Lastufka Taylor ; editor: Jonathan Butzke; project coordinator/consultant: Bill Simeone. (VHS, 30 min.) Presented by the Village of Tatitlek and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence. [keywords: Subsistence economy-Alaska-Tatitlek; Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos-Alaska-Tatitlek; Oil spills-Environmental aspects-Alaska-Prince William Sound; Sealing-Alaska-Prince William Sound; Tatitlek (Alaska)-Economic conditions; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council]. Condition: VG+. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase]   $75 plus $3 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra). To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
McMillan, Patricia O'Brien. Alaska Subsistence Bibliography : subsistence data base : phase 1, revised. 1982. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Juneau Area Office (Rights Protection Branch). Anchorage, Alaska : Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center : University of Alaska. 216 pages. Includes indexes.
[KEYWORDS: Eskimos--Alaska--Economic conditions--Bibliography. Indians of North America--Alaska--Economic conditions--Bibliography. Subsistence economy--Alaska--Bibliography. Alaska--Economic conditions--Bibliography].  [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples OP Bookcase] INV#1338. $75 plus $5  postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Murdoch, John. Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition. 1892.
Washington: Government Printing Office.  First Edition. 
Hand bound  in London, England, in fine full calf.
A sumptuous volume that would make a wonderful gift, presentation, or award.

The only major early ethnography of northern Alaskan Eskimos, Murdoch's heavily illustrated study of this unique people's society and material culture remains a seminal reference work.

"The people whose arts and industries are represented by the collection to be described are the Eskimo of the northwestern extremity of the continent of North America, who make permanent homes at the two villages of Nuwuk and Utkiavwin. Small contributions to the collection were obtained from natives of Wainwright Inlet and from people of the Inland River (Nunatafimiun) who visited the northern villages. Nuwuk, "the Point," is situated on a slightly elevated knoll at the extremity of Point Barrow...and Utkiavwln, "the Cliffs," at the beginning of the high land at Cape Smyth, 11 miles southwest from Nuwuk. The name Utkiavwln was explained as meaning "the high place, whence one can look out," and was said to be equivalent to Ikplk, a cliff...."


TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction 19; List of works consulted 20; Situation and surroundings 26; Climate 30; People -" 38; Physical characteristics 33; Pathology 39; Psychical characteristics 40; Tribal phenomena 12; Social surroundings 43; Contact with uncivilized people 43; Other Eskimo 43; Indians 49; Contact with civilized people 51; Natural resources 55; Animals 55; Mammals 55; Birds 56; Fishes 58; Insects and other invertebrates 59; Plants 59; Minerals 60; Culture 61; Means of subsistence 61; Food 61; Substances used for food 61; Means of preparing food 63; Time and frequency of eating 63; Drinks 64; Narcotics 65; Habitations 72; The winter house 72; Arrangement in villages 79; Snow houses 81; Tents 83; Household utensils 86; For holding and carrying food, water, etc 86; Canteens 86; Wallets, etc 86; Buckets and tubs 86; Meat bowls 89; For preparing food 90; Pots of stone and other materials 90; Bone crushers 93; For serving and eating food 99; Trays 99; Drinking vessels 101; Whalebone cups 101; Spoons and ladles 104; Miscellaneous household utensils 105; Lamps 105; Clothing 107; Material 109; Style of dress 110; Head clothing 112; Frocks 113; Mantles 121; Rainfrocks 122; Arm clothing 123; Mittens 123; Gloves 124; Leg and foot clothing 125; Breeches 125; Pantaloons 126; Stockings 129; Boots and shoes 129; Parts of dress 135; Belts 135; Ornaments 138; Personal adornment 138; Skin ornamentation 138; Tattooing 138; Painting 140; Head ornaments 140; Method of wearing the hair 140; Head hands 142; Ear rings 142; Labrets 143; Neck ornaments 148; Ornaments of the limbs 148; Bracelets 148; Finger rings 149; Miscellaneous ornaments 149; Beads 149; Toilet articles 149; Implements of general use, etc 150; Tools 150; Knives 150; Adzes 165; Chisels 172; Whalebone shaves 173; Saws 174; Drills and borers 175; Hammers 182; Files 182; Whetstones 183; Tool boxes and bags 185; Weapons 191; Projectile weapons 193; Firearms 193; Whaling guns 195; Bows 195; Arrows 201; Bear arrows; Bow cases and quivers 207; Bracers 209; Bird darts 210; Seal darts 214; Harpoons Thrusting weapons; Harpoons; Lances; Throwing weapons; Hunting implements other than weapons; Floats 246; Flipper toggles; Harpoon boxes 247; Nets 251; Seal calls 253; Seal rattles 254; Seal indicators 254; Sealing stools 255; Seal drags 256; Whalebone wolf-killers 259; Traps 26O; Snow-goggles 260; Meat cache markers 262; Methods of hunting 263; The polar bear 263; The wolf 263; The fox 264; The reindeer 264; The seal 268; The walrus 272; The whale 272; Fowl 276; Implements for fishing 278; Hooks and lines 278; Nets 284; Spears 286; Flint working 287; Fire making 289; Drills 289; Flint and steel 291; Kindlings 291; Bow and arrow making 291; The marlin spike 291; The twisters 292; The feather setter 294; Skin working 294; Scrapers 294; Scraper cups 299; Combs for deer skins 300; Manufacture of lines of thong 301; Builders tools 302; For excavating 302; Tools for snow and ice working 304; Snow knives 304; Snow shovels 305; Ice picks 307; Ice scoops 308; Implements for procuring and preparing food 310; Blubber hooks 310; Fish sealer 311; Making and working fiber 311; Twisting and braiding 311; Netting 312; Netting weights 315; Weaving 316; Sewing 317; Means of locomotion and transportation 328; Traveling by water 328; Kaiaks [kayaks] and paddles 328; Umiaks and liftings 335; Traveling on foot 344; Snowshoes 344; Staff 352; Land conveyances 353; Sledges 353; Dogs and harness 357; Hunting scores 360; Games and pastimes 364; Gambling 364; Festivals 365; Mechanical contrivances 372; Description of festivals 373; Toys and sports for children and others 376; Playthings 376; Dolls 380; Juvenile implements; 383; Games and sports 383; Music 385; Musical instruments 385; Character and frequency of music 388; Art 389; Domestic life 410; Marriage 410; Standing and treatment of women 413; Children 414; Rights and wrongs 419; Social life and customs 420; Personal habits and cleanliness 420; Salutation 422; Healing 422; Customs concerning the dead 423; Abstentions 423; Manner of disposing of the dead 424; Government 427; In the family 427; In the village 427; Religion 430; General ideas 430; Amulets 434.


JUST SOME OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS: Woman stretching skins; Pipes; pipe with metal bowl ; pipe with stone bowl; pipe with bowl of antler or ivory; Pipe made of willow stick; Tobacco pouches; Plans of Eskimo winter house; Interior of iglu, looking toward door; Interior of iglu, looking toward bench; House in Utkiavwiti; Ground plan and section of winter house in Mackenzie region; Ground plan of large snow house; Tent on the beach at Utkiavwin; Wooden bucket; Large tub; Whalebone dish; Meat bowl; Stone pot; Small stone pot; Fragments of pottery; Stone maul; Bone maul; Meat dish; Oblong meat dish; Oblong meat dish, very old; Fish dish; Whalebone cup; Horn dipper; Dipper of fossil ivory; Wooden spoon; Horn ladle; Bone ladle; Bone ladle in the form of a whale; Stone house lamp; Sandstone lamp; Traveling lamp; Socket for blabber holder; Man in ordinary deerskin clothes; Woman’s hood; Man’s frock; Pattern of man’s deerskin frock; Detail of trimming, skirt and shoulder of man's frock; Man wearing plain, heavy frock; Man s frock of mountain sheepskin; Man's frock of ermine skins; Pattern of sheepskin frock; Pattern of ermine frock; Woman's frock; Pattern of woman’s frock; Detail of edging, woman’s frock; Details of trimming, woman’s frock; Man’s cloak of deerskin; Pattern of man’s cloak; Deerskin mittens; Deerskin gloves; Man’s breeches of deerskin; Pattern of man’s breeches; Trimming of man’s breeches; Woman’s pantaloons; Patterns of woman’s pantaloons; Pattern of stocking; Man’s boot of deerskin; Pattern of deerskin boot; Man’s dress boot of deerskin; Pattern of man's dress boot of deerskin; Man's dress boot of skin of mountain sheep; Pair of man's dress boots of deerskin; Woman's waterproof sealskin boot; Sketch of “ice-creepers” on boot sole; Man’s belt woven of feathers; Diagram showing method of fastening the ends of feathers in belt; Woman's belt of wolverine toes; Belt-fastener; Man with tattooed cheeks; Woman with ordinary tattooing; Man’s method of wearing the hair; Slate knife; Slate hunting-knife; Blade of slate hunting-knife; Earrings; Plug for enlarging labret hole; Labret of beads and ivory; Blue and white labret from Anderson River; Oblong labret of bone; Oblong labret of soapstone; Ancient labret; Beads of amber; Hair combs; Slate knives; Slate knife-blade; Slate knife; Knife with whalebone blade; Small iron knife; Large crooked knife; Slate-bladed crooked knives; Woman's knife, steel blade; Woman’s ancient slate-bladed knife; Woman’s knife of flaked flint; Hatchet hafted as an adz; Adz-head of jade; Antler chisel; Saw made of deer’s scapula; Bow drill and mouthpiece; Jade whetstones; Tool-bag of wolverine skin; Slungshot made of walrus jaw; Large bow from Nuwuk; Large bow from Sidaru; Feathering of the Eskimo arrow; Flint-headed arrow (kukiksadlin); Fowl arrow (tugaltn); bird arrow (kixodwain); Bow case and quivers; Ancient point for bird dart; Ancient ivory; Harpoon head; Ancient bone harpoon head; Jade blade for seal harpoon; Flint blade for whale harpoon; Slate blade for whale harpoon; Whalebone wolf killers;  Bone snow-goggles; Wooden snow-goggles, unusual form; Ivory snow knife; Double kaiak [kayak] paddle; Model kaiak and paddle; Ivory bailer for umiak; Wooden mask and dancing gorget; Ivory figures of bears; Ivory image of whale; Ivory doll; Amulet consisting of ancient jade adz; Little box containing amulet for whaling....

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 Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition
 Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition




Nelson, Richard K., Kathleen H. Mautner, & G. Ray Bane. Tracks in the Wildland, A portrayal of Koyukon and Nunamiut Subsistence. 1982. Anthropology and Historic Preservation, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Softcover, 465 pages. [illustrations by Tim Sczawinski ; maps drafted by James R. Burton and staff at the Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks].  [keywords: Koyukon Indians--Economic conditions. Nunamiut Eskimos--Economic conditions. Hunting and gathering societies--Alaska. Subsistence economy--Alaska]. Good condition. Gift inscription inside. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase] INV#1345. $35 plus $4 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
[Northern Native Broadcasting]. Gwich'in Niintsyaa [VHS videorecording] Alternate title: Gwich'in Niintsyaa, the 1988 Arctic Village gathering.  c1989. Portions in Gwich'in (Athapascan) with English subtitles. For more info on this important video, see http://tinyurl.com/dzvqs and start reading at "Gwich’in Niintsyaa and the Raising of Consciousness". Excellent condition. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase].  $85 plus $5  postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this video. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Pope, Helen Jivok. A study to evaluate the effects of television on grade-school children's academic achievement and mental age in Wales, Alaska. 1974. Thesis (M.Ed.)--Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage. (keywords: Television in elementary education, Wales Alaska, Eskimo, Inupiat, media, psychology). 81pp., tables. Bound in library buckram (has not been in a library). Very Good. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase] INV#1353. $75 plus $5  postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Price, Robert E. The Great Father in Alaska: the Case of the Tlingit and Haida Salmon Fishery. 1990. Softcover. 1st ed. 8 1/2 X 11 inches. Publication info: Douglas, Alaska: First Street Press. 203 pages. Illustrations., map. TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART I. BACKGROUND. I. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TLINGIT AND HAIDA SALMON FISHERY: Environment; Archaeology; European Exploration; Russian American Company; Tingit and Haida in 1867; II. POLITICAL STATUS OF THE TLINGIT AND HAIDA IN 1867: Federal Indian Law in 1867; The Treaty of Cession; PART II. EARLY AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY. III. ALASKA NATIVE POLICY IN THE ERA OF MILITARY OCCUPATION.  IV. THE ORGANIC ACT OF 1884. PART III. CAPITALISM AND SALMON.  V. THE SALMON INDUSTRY IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA: The Early Salmon Salteries in Southeast Alaska; The Origin of the Pacific Canned Salmon Industry; The Arrival of the Canned Salmon Industry in Southeast Alaska; The Evolution of the Fishery in Southeast Alaska; PART IV. ALTERNATIVE INDIAN POLICIES.  VI. THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.  VII. WILLIAM DUNCAN AND METLAKATLA.  VIII. 1912 IN ALASKA: The Second Organic Act; The First Indian Reservations in Southeast Alaska; The Alaska Native Brotherhood; PART V: THE NEW DEAL. IX. THE TLINGIT AND HAIDA CLAIMS LEGISLATION; THE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT: The Indian Reorganization Act in Congress; Early Implementation of the Indian Reorganization Act; Opposition of the Salmon Industry; The 1944 Hearings on Aboriginal Rights; Postwar Opposition to Aboriginal Rights; Alaska Native Loan Program. PART VI. MODERN PERIOD. Xl. THE EISENHOWER ERA OF THE 1950s: The Tee-Hit-Ton Decision; The Recurrent Indian Country Problem; The Resolution of the Fish Trap Dispute; XII. STATE MANAGEMENT OF THE SALMON FISHERY: The Limited Entry Program;  The Subsistence Fishery; PART VII;  HISTORY OF AN ERA: XIII;  CONCLUSION: The significance of Federal Indian Policy; The Free Market; The Early Commercial Salmon Fishery; The Free Market Fishery in Southeast Alaska; The Influence of the Presbyterian Church; New Deal Conflict with the Free Market Fishery; State Opposition to the Free Market Fishery. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX. (keywords: Tlingit Indians--Fishing--Law and legislation. Haida Indians--Fishing--Law and legislation. Tlingit Indians--Government relations. Haida Indians--Government relations. Salmon industry--Alaska). Very good+ condition. RARE. $295  plus $7.00 media mail postage, packing, & insurance (international orders extra). For faster shipping, inquire. Credit cards not accepted. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase]  Inventory #1358. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
 Great Father in Alaska
Samaniego, Samuella [photographer]. Celebration.  introduction by Gail Tremblay. [Seattle] : Best Dog Editions, [2002]  47 pages. Chiefly wonderful black & white portraits of Alaska natives at Celebration. Softbound, 8 1/2 X 11 inches. Documents the dancing and ceremony of Celebration, Sealaska Heritage Foundation's biennial cultural gathering in Juneau. Photographs range from the first event in 1982 to the millennium Celebration in 2000. [keywords: Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Social life and customs--Pictorial works. Haida Indians--Alaska--Social life and customs--Pictorial works. Tsimshian Indians--Alaska--Social life and customs--Pictorial works. Very Good+. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase] INV#1342. $35 plus $5  postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Schlung, Tyler M. Umnak : The People Remember; an Aleutian History . [compiled by Tyler M. Schlung and students of Nikolski School, Umnak, Alaska, Alaska. Walnut Creek, Calif. Hardscratch Press, 2003. 163 pages, photographs. [keywords: Aleuts--Social life and customs. Umnak Island --History]. This book was damaged at the printers, consequently, half of the book has a sharp crease across the pages and the front cover. The spine has been taped with clear tape. Otherwise Good+. Scarce title. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples Bookcase]. $9.95 plus $2  postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Serrill, Ward (Producer). Esther Shea: The Bear Stands Up. [videorecording] : writer/director/videographer, Ward Serrill ; produced by Priscilla Schulte. Seattle, Wash. : Woody Creek Productions. Presented by University of Alaska-Ketchikan Campus, 1994. VHS videocassette, 29 minutes. Narrated by Gary Waid. Summary: A portrait of Tlingit elder Esther Shea of the Tongass Bear Clan. She dedicated her life to teaching the language, songs, and values of Tlingit traditional life in Southeast Alaska. [KEYWORDS: Shea, Esther. Tlingit Indians].  New in original factory shrinkwrap. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples OP Bookcase] INV#1337. $48.90 plus $5  postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this video. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Steinbright, Jan (editor). From skins, trees, quills, and beads: the work of nine Athabascans. 1985. (Dixie Alexander, research assistant ; Charles Backus, photographer; translator, Eliza Jones). Institute of Alaska Native Arts, Fairbanks. 106 pages. A short bibliography on page 106. Many b&w photographs. [keywords: Athapascan (Athabaskan) Indians--Industries; Athapascan art; Indian art--Alaska; birch bark baskets; fish traps; snowshoes; willow root baskets; skin sewing; tanning; quill work; bead work]. Softcover, name stamped inside, covers sun-faded, otherwise VG. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples OP Bookcase]. Scarce title. $45 plus $5  postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra). To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Trimble, William J. The Indian Policy of the Colony of British Columbia in Comparison with that of Adjacent American Territories." Offprint from the Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association 6 (1912-13): 276-286. This offprint is in nice original brown wraps, with page numbers 1-9. Good condition. [shelf locator: Alaska Ethnology metal pamphlet organizer, on Native Peolpes bookshelf] $25 plus $3.00 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com   
Williams, Walter.  On Becoming Human: Comparative Enculturation; Tlingit Point of View on Education and Communication. written by Walter Babe Williams, 1975. 28 pages, bibliography, photographs.  In partial fulfillment of Master’s Program, University of Alaska. (Keywords: Indians of North America, Cultural assimilation, Alaska: Tlingit Indians; Indians of North America, Education, Alaska). Softbound. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples bookcase]  Inventory #1367. RARE.  $75  plus $6.00 media mail postage, packing, & insurance (international orders extra). For faster shipping, inquire. Credit cards not accepted. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
Yates, Ken. The Healing Heart Totem, VHS video cassette, by Ken Yates and The Healing Heart Committee, Craig, Alaska. 43 minutes. 1997. The tape is VG, the box slightly soiled. [shelf locator: Alaska Native Peoples bookcase, Yates]  $50  plus $3.00 media mail postage, or $6.05 priority mail (international orders extra). For faster shipping, inquire. Credit cards not accepted. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

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