Beluga Days: Tracking the Endangered White Whale5 reviews Nancy Lord Mountaineers Books, 2007 Save the Whales! + A really good read! + More than just a whale-lover's book + Trying to Save one Minor Species + Good content; multiple production issues of concern             Alaska Native Ways: What the Elders Have Taught Us2 reviews Natives of Alaska Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 2002 A lovely, highly recommended display piece. + Alaska Native Ways As Alaska's natives confront the realities of modern living which are changing not only their culture but their familiar environment, they're drawing strength in renewed attention to their heritage - and Alaska Native Ways: What the Elders Have Taught Us is an important tribute to this strength. ...             Through Yup'ik Eyes: An Adopted Son Explores the Landscape of Family2 reviews Colin Chisholm Alaska Northwest Books, 2000 A Ground-Breaking Work + From Yup'ik Eyes Colin Chisholm's Through Yup'ik Eyes is a truly remarkable and ground-breaking work. The subject of Mr. Chisholm's book is his mother, and his love and respect for her shine through on every single page of this hauntingly written book. The fact that he devoted several years to his quest to learn ...             Eskimo Storyteller: Folktales from Noatak, Alaska New Edition Edwin Hall University of Alaska Press, 1999 Now a classic in northern literature, The Eskimo Storyteller brings to life the words of Eskimo elders for a new generation of readers. This collection of folktales from northwest Alaska includes stories populated by amazing creatures, hard-bitten hunters, and strong-minded women. Two master storytellers, Edna Hunnicutt and Paul Monroe, introduce readers to the guiding principles of daily life ...             Gift of the Whale: The Inupiat Bowhead Hunt, a Sacred Tradition6 reviews Bill Hess Sasquatch Books, 2003 Simply outstanding! + Eye Opening experience + A Frank and Beautiful View of Inupiat Subsistence Lifestyle + Insightful & honest + Stunning             A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage along the Yukon River7 reviews Dan O'Neill Basic Books, 2006 A wealth of Knowledge + O'neill, a very readable master historian + How men conquer the nature + Man and Nature + The Depopulation of the Upper Yukon Watershed             Oil On Ice (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)5 reviews Peter Coyote, Adeline Peter Raboff Lightyear, 2005 Amazing film about one of the few latest paradises on earth + Very educational + GLORIOUS SCENERY & WILD LIFE -- PRAY THAT IT ALL DOESN'T DISAPPEAR BECAUSE OF OUR GOVERNMENT'S STUPIDITY! This film made me want to travel to Alaska and meet the natives and have a look at them one last time in shame. We don't own this land. This land owns us and if we forget that the human race will vanish very soon. A striking photography and beautiful music will make this film an unforgettable ...             Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival52 reviews Velma Wallis Harper Perennial, 2004 Don't Underestimate an Older Person + Simple, inspirational, and honest + A Woman's Must Read! + A Powerful Legend             Storytellers' Club: The Picture-Writing Women of the Arctic2 reviews Loretta Outwater Cox Alaska Northwest Books, 2005 Native Stories and Picture Drawings Warm a Sod House + Our Inupiaq Lifestyle documented This is an excellent follow-up to "The Winter Walk," an old survival tale from the Arctic. Here Loretta Outwater Cox sets the scene so perfectly. In the 1920s in Northwest Alaska, six middle-aged women meet in a sod house to tell stories and draw pictures about characters, animals, camp sites, the ...             The Hands Feel It: Healing and Spirit Presence Among a Northern Alaskan People Edith Turner Northern Illinois University Press, 1996 A journal of a year in far northern Alaska, The Hands Feel It captures Turner's experiences with healing, spirit manifestation, and premonition among the I$upiat. She illuminates I$upiat spiritual beliefs and rituals as expressed in daily life.             Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life a18 reviews Sidney Huntington Alaska Northwest Books, 1993 Reality Alaska + Alaskan life story + Wow! + excellent!             A Legacy of Arctic Art1 review Dorothy Jean Ray University of Washington Press, 1996 Absolutely Inspirational I came across this book by accident, and what a happy accident! I read it like a novel that I couldn't put down. If you are interested in the subject of native art, Alaska, or are just fascinated with cultural histories in general, you will enjoy this book. It is informative, educational, and ...             How Raven Stole the Sun (Tales of the People)1 review Maria Williams Abbeville Press, 2001 Felix Vigil's artwork is perfectly suited How Raven Stole The Sun is the latest addition to the Abbeville "Tales of the People" series of books for young readers, published in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Felix Vigil's artwork is perfectly suited to Maria Williams retelling of a Tlingit tale she ...             Raising Ourselves9 reviews Velma Wallis Epicenter Press, 2003 Sad, but true..... + A family history and their adaptation to the advances in society in Alaska. + Wonderful! + The Facts of Life in An Alaskan Village + Thank You, Velma             Dall Sheep Dinner Guest:: Inupiaq Narratives of Northwest Alaska Wanni Anderson University of Alaska Press, 2005 The rich storytelling tradition of the Iñupiaq Eskimos of Alaska is showcased in this remarkable collection of over eighty stories. Meticulously compiled from six villages in Northwest Alaska between 1966 and 1987, the stories are presented as part of a living tradition, complete with biographies, photos, and introductory remarks by Native storytellers. Each story provides insight into Iñupiaq ...             Alaska Native Art: Tradition, Innovation, Continuity3 reviews Susan W. Fair University of Alaska Press, 2007 modern Alaskan painting, sculpture, mixed media + Alaskan Native Art + A treasury of heritage, beauty, and expression, especially recommended for artbook collections Sleek lines and minimalist features place the varied Alaska Native American art as 20th century. But the number of artists from all areas of the state, including many contemporary artists, for the most part use traditional natural materials of bone or ivory, wood, animal skins, beach grass, and ...             Cold River Spirits: The Legacy of an Athabascan-Irish Family from Alaska's Yukon River7 reviews Jan Harper Haines Epicenter Press, 2000 Cold River Spirits + Memorable + A cultural snapshot of an Interior Alaskan family. + Best book since TWO OLD WOMEN + Cold River Spirits             Ice Window: Letters from a Bering Strait Village 1898-1902 Kathleen Lopp-Smith University of Alaska Press, 2002             Alaska's Daughter: An Eskimo Memoir of the Early Twentieth Century1 review Elizabeth Bernhardt Pinson Utah State University Press, 2004 Alaska's Daughter The history in this book is interesting and the writer brings the reader into the setting nicely.             The Kids from Nowhere19 reviews George Guthridge Alaska Northwest Books, 2006 Kids Can Learn + Great Book + Required Reading for Teachers + Inspirational true story + The Kids We Need to Know