| Ahtna Travel Narratives: A Demonstration of Shared Geographic Knowledge Among Alaska Athabascans [With CD (Audio)] Contributor(s): McKinley, Jim (Author), Stickwan, Frank (Author), Tansy, Jake (Author) |
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ISBN: 155500105X ISBN-13: 9781555001056 Publisher: University of Alaska Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.897 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.4" W x 10.3" (1.00 lbs) 143 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Alaska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Among the world's foremost pedestrian foragers, the Ahtna tribe possesses a profound system of geographic knowledge that has facilitated travel and spatial cognition in Ahtna and other Athabascan languages. Shedding light on a number of precise landscape classifications, including Ahtna place names and river directionals, these indigenous travel narratives represent walking tours comprising more than one thousand miles of traditional routes and trails in the Ahtna-language area. Providing context for these narratives are maps, photos, interviews, and a wealth of ethnographic, linguistic, historical, and methodological information. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kari, James: - James Kari is professor emeritus of linguistics with the Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the author or editor of numerous publications on Athabascan languages and peoples. |