| Hunters of the Northern Forest: Designs for Survival Among the Alaskan Kutchin Contributor(s): Nelson, Richard K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226571815 ISBN-13: 9780226571812 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $43.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1986 Annotation: Boreal forest Indians like the Kutchin of east-central Alaska are among the few native Americans who still actively pursue a hunter's way of life. Yet even among these people hunting and gathering is vanishing so rapidly that it will soon disappear. This updated edition of Hunters of the Northern Forest stands as the only complete account of subsistence and survival among the Kutchin, capturing a final glimpse of a way of life at the crossroads of cultural development. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 799.097 |
| LCCN: 86007085 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.46" W x 8.48" (0.81 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Alaska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Boreal forest Indians like the Kutchin of east-central Alaska are among the few native Americans who still actively pursue a hunter's way of life. Yet even among these people hunting and gathering is vanishing so rapidly that it will soon disappear. This updated edition of Hunters of the Northern Forest stands as the only complete account of subsistence and survival among the Kutchin, capturing a final glimpse of a way of life at the crossroads of cultural development. |