Synopses & Reviews
The range of the Denaand#8217;ina people stretches from the Cook Inlet region to southcentral Alaska and has been established for a thousand years. Yet their culture has largely been overlooked, leaving large gaps in the literature.
Denaand#8217;inaqand#8217; Huchand#8217;ulyeshi, a new catalog of Denaand#8217;ina materials, is an ambitious project that finally brings their culture to light.
Lavishly illustrated with more than six hundred photographs, maps, and drawings, Denaand#8217;inaqand#8217; Huchand#8217;ulyeshi contains 469 entries on Denaand#8217;ina objects in European and American collections. It is enriched with examples of traditional Denaand#8217;ina narratives, first-person accounts, and interviews. Thirteen essays on the history and culture of the Athabascan people put the pieces into a larger historical context. This catalog is a comprehensive reference that will also accompany a large-scale exhibition running September 2013 through January 2014 at the Anchorage Museum.
Review
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Dena'inaq' Huch'ulyeshi is a beautifully and profusely illustrated, 350 page compendium showcasing the history, art, culture, lifestyle, and artifacts of the Denaand#8217;ina people. An impressive body of seminal scholarship.and#8221;
Synopsis
This book is an extraordinary introduction to the indigenous peoples and cultures of Alaska's southcentral coast. Combining oral tradition, history, and archaeology, it traces the Alutiiq path through ancestral generations to contemporary life, including today's compelling issues of cultural identity and autonomy. It is beautifully and heavily illustrated by Alutiiq art, objects, and images from the current museum exhibition on Alutiiq peoples that is now touring Alaska. The many contributors discuss Alutiiq relations with neighboring Alaska Native peoples, non-Native traders and invaders, the sea and land, place and time, and animals and spirit. Writers include Alutiiq elders, scholars, and storytellers, as well as anthropologists and historians. Seen from these many perspectives, Alutiiq identity emerges as a rich mosaic of people, location, and experience.
About the Author
James Fall is statewide program manager for the Division of Subsistence, Alaska Department of Fish and Game.and#160;Aaron Leggettand#160;is special exhibitions curator at the Anchorage Museum.and#160;
Table of Contents
Yagheli Du!
Foreword
Elders, Advisers, and Lenders to the Exhibition
Introduction and Acknowledgments
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1 Introduction to Denaandrsquo;ina Culture and History, by James A. Fall
2 Quyushi Uqu Cheandrsquo;elandrsquo;ani: Beluga Hunting, by Shem Pete
3 An Overview of Research on Denaandrsquo;ina Culture, History, and Language, by James A. Fall
4 Denaandrsquo;ina Archaeology, by Douglas Reger
5 Denaandrsquo;ina Qeshqa: Leaders and Political Organization, by James A. Fall
6 The Nulchina Clan Origin Story of the Upper Inlet Denaandrsquo;ina, told by Shem Pete with assistance from Billy Pete; transcription and commentary by James A. Fall
7 andldquo;What Is Good, What Is No Goodandrdquo;: The Traditional Denaandrsquo;ina Worldview, by Alan Boraas
8 Yeandrsquo;uh Qachandrsquo;daltsandrsquo;iyi: andldquo;What We Live On from the Outdoorsandrdquo;, by Karen Evanoff and Michelle Ravenmoon
9 Dachandrsquo;hdi lu tandrsquo;qidyuqandhellip; andldquo;and thatandrsquo;s the way it happenedandrdquo;: The Tradition of Denaandrsquo;ina Storytelling, by Joan M. Tenenbaum
10 Gunhti Stsukduandrsquo;a: Ki Nchandrsquo;ukandrsquo;a andldquo;Tanainaandrdquo; Ghayeleandrsquo; This is My Story: andldquo;Tanainaandrdquo; No More, by Aaron Leggett
11 An Inland Denaandrsquo;ina Material Culture Anthology, by James Kari
12 Photo Essay: Making a Whitefish Trap
13 andldquo;Dressed as a Rich Personandrdquo;: Denaandrsquo;ina Clothing in the Nineteenth Century, by Judy Thompson
14 Silent Messaging: Quill and Bead Ornament on Nineteenth-Century Denaandrsquo;ina Clothing, by Kate C. Duncan
15 Denaandrsquo;ina Collections in the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), by Sergei Korsun
16 Adrian Jacobsenandrsquo;s Denaandrsquo;ina Collection in the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, by Viola Kandouml;nig
17 Catalog of Discovery: Denaandrsquo;ina Material Culture in Museum Collections
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The Denaandrsquo;ina Sound System and Orthography, by James Kari
About the Authors
Bibliography
Index