Author: United States Board on Geographic NamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Decisions Rendered
Author: United States Board on Geographic NamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Alaska Native Art
Author: Susan W. FairPublisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1889963798
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The rich artistic traditions of Alaska Natives are the subject of this landmark volume, which examines the work of the premier Alaska artists of the twentieth century. Ranging across the state from the islands of the Bering Sea to the interior forests, Alaska Native Art provides a living context for beadwork and ivory carving, basketry and skin sewing. Examples of work from Tlingit, Aleutian Islanders, Pacific Eskimo, Athabascan, Yupik, and Inupiaq artists make this volume the most comprehensive study of Alaskan art ever published. Alaska Native Art examines the concept of tradition in the modern world. Alaska Native Art is a volume to treasure, a tribute to the incredible vision of Alaska's artists and to the enduring traditions of all of Alaska's Native peoples.
Gambell, Its History, Population, and Economy
Author: United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Planning Support GroupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Kids from Nowhere
Author: Mr. George GuthridgePublisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 0882408585
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This heart-lifting story about "uneducable" children who lived on a wind-swept island in the Bering Sea, had no computers and few books, and spoke English as a second language. With the help of their dedicated and gifted teacher, they enter and win the student future problem solving competition for Alaska and compete nationally to win again.
Report - United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Planning Support Group
Author: United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Planning Support GroupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale, Norton Sound
Author: United States. Bureau of Land ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
"A total of 988,416 hectares (2.4 million acres) of OCS lands are proposed for leasing. The 429 blocks are located in Norton Sound 14.4 to 99.2 kilometers (9 to 62 mi) offshore in water depths that range from 5 to 51 meters (16 to 187 ft). If implemented, this sale is tentatively scheduled to be held in September 1982"--Page i.
SIKU: Knowing Our Ice
Author: Igor KrupnikPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048185866
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
By exploring indigenous people’s knowledge and use of sea ice, the SIKU project has demonstrated the power of multiple perspectives and introduced a new field of interdisciplinary research, the study of social (socio-cultural) aspects of the natural world, or what we call the social life of sea ice. It incorporates local terminologies and classifications, place names, personal stories, teachings, safety rules, historic narratives, and explanations of the empirical and spiritual connections that people create with the natural world. In opening the social life of sea ice and the value of indigenous perspectives we make a novel contribution to IPY, to science, and to the public
OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) Oil and Gas Lease Sale No.57, Norton Sound
Author: Survey of Conditions of the Indians in the United States
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 2158
Book Description
Survey of Conditions of the Indians in the United States: Alaska
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description