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Imagining Anchorage : the making of America's northernmost metropolis
\"Anchorage is an exceptional city. What was once a town site of tents is now the largest city in the state. It just celebrated its centenary in 2015, but it has seen inhabitants for millennia. It is an economic hub grown from railroads, gold, and oil. Yet it still retains its deep connection to the wilderness surrounding it. While there have been histories of the region, Imaging Anchorage is the most expansive and comprehensive take on the city. This book brings together twenty renowned contributors, from historians to long-time locals, to tell a piece of Anchorage's story. The essays move through four parts covering some of the major movements in Anchorage: the first people, the arrival of Europeans, the founding of Anchorage, and its transformation into a modern city. The chapters highlight topics such as indigenous history, exploration and early colonialism, the changing demographics of Southcentral Alaska, the rise of the oil industry, the of economic importance of Alaska Native Corporations, the civil rights movement in Alaska, and the role of the military through Anchorage's past and present. With over a hundred full-color images and photographs to accompany the essays, Imagining Anchorage is a fascinating and much-needed update to the history of this region\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Caribou herds of northwest Alaska, 1850-2000
In his final, major publication Ernest S. \"Tiger\" Burch Jr.
reconstructs the distribution of caribou herds in northwest Alaska
using data and information from research conducted over the past
several decades as well as sources that predate western science by
more than one hundred years. Additionally, he explores human and
natural factors that contributed to the demise and recovery of
caribou and reindeer populations during this time. Burch provides
an exhaustive list of published and unpublished literature and
interviews that will intrigue laymen and experts alike. The
unflinching assessment of the roles that humans and wolves played
in the dynamics of caribou and reindeer herds will undoubtedly
strike a nerve. Supplemental essays before and after the unfinished
work add context about the author, the project of the book, and the
importance of both.
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Alaska Native Resilience
Alaska Native elders remember wartime invasion,
relocation, and land reclamation The US government
justified its World War II occupation of Alaska as a defense
against Japan's invasion of the Aleutian Islands, but it equally
served to advance colonial expansion in relation to the
geographically and culturally diverse Indigenous communities
affected. Offering important Alaska Native experiences of this
history, Holly Miowak Guise draws on a wealth of oral histories and
interviews with Indigenous elders to explore the multidimensional
relationship between Alaska Natives and the US military during the
Pacific War. The forced relocation and internment of Unangax̂ in
1942 proved a harbinger of Indigenous loss and suffering in World
War II Alaska. Violence against Native women, assimilation and Jim
Crow segregation, and discrimination against Native servicemen
followed the colonial blueprint. Yet Alaska Native peoples took
steps to enact their sovereignty and restore equilibrium to their
lives by resisting violence and disrupting attempts at US control.
Their subversive actions altered the colonial structures imposed
upon them by maintaining Indigenous spaces and asserting
sovereignty over their homelands. A multifaceted challenge to
conventional histories, Alaska Native Resilience shares
the experiences of Indigenous peoples from across Alaska to reveal
long-overlooked demonstrations of Native opposition to
colonialism.
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Furs and Frontiers in the Far North
This comprehensive history of the native and maritime fur trade in Alaska during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is without precedent. The Bering Strait formed the nexus of the circumpolar fur trade in which Russians, British, Americans, and members of fifty native nations competed and cooperated. The desire to dominate the fur trade fed the European expansion into the most remote regions of Asia and America and was an agent of massive change in these regions.
Award-winning author John R. Bockstoce fills a major gap in the historiography of the area in covering the scientific, commercial, and foreign-relations implications of the northern fur trade. In addition, the book provides rare insight into the relationship between the Western powers and the Native Americans who provided them with fur, ivory, and whalebone in exchange for manufactured goods, tobacco, tea, alcohol, and hundreds of other things. But this is also the story of the enterprising individuals who energized the Alaskan fur trade and, in doing so, forever altered the region's history.
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Through Their Eyes
The towns of Eagle, Circle, and Central are tucked away in the
cold, rugged, and sparsely populated central-eastern interior of
Alaska. These communities have fewer than three hundred residents
in an area of more than 22,000 square miles. Yet they are closely
linked by the Yukon River and by history itself. Through their
Eyes is a glimpse into the past and present of these
communities, showing how their survival has depended on centuries
of cooperation. The towns have roots in the gold rushes but they
are also located within the traditional territories of the Hän
Hwëch'in, the Gwichyaa Gwich'in, and Denduu Gwich'in Dena
(Athabascan) peoples. Over time, residents have woven together new
heritages, adopting and practicing each other's traditions. This
book combines oral accounts with archival research to create a rich
portrayal of life in rural Alaska villages. Many of the stories
come directly from the residents of these communities, giving an
inside perspective on the often colorful events that characterize
life in Eagle, Circle, and Central.
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Wildcat women : narratives of women breaking ground in Alaska's oil and gas industry
\"Subzero temperatures, whiteout blizzards, and even the lack of restrooms didn't deter them. Nor did the sneers, harassment, and threats. Wildcat Women is the first book to document the life and labor of pioneering women in the oil fields of Alaska's North Slope. It profiles fourteen women who worked in the fields, telling a little-known history of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. These trailblazers conquered their fears to face hazardous working and living conditions, performing and excelling at \"a man's job in a man's world.\" They faced down challenges on and off the job: they drove busses over ice roads through snowstorms; wrestled with massive pipes; and operated dangerous valves that put their lives literally in their hands; they also fought union hall red tape, challenged discriminatory practices, and fought for equal pay--and sometimes won. The women talk about the roads that brought them to this unusual career, where they often gave up comfort and convenience and felt isolated and alienated. They also tell of the lifelong friendships and a sense of family that bonded these unlikely wildcats. The physical and emotional hardship detailed in these stories exemplifies their courage, tenacity, resilience, and leadership, and shows how their fight for recognition and respect benefited woman workers everywhere\"-- Provided by publisher.
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A Dangerous Idea
Decades before the marches and victories of the 1960s, a group of
Alaska Natives were making civil rights history. Throughout the
early twentieth century, the Alaska Native Brotherhood fought for
citizenship, voting rights, and education for all Alaska Natives,
securing unheard-of victories in a contentious time. Their unified
work and legal prowess propelled the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act, one of the biggest claim settlements in United
States history. A Dangerous Idea tells an
overlooked but powerful story of Alaska Natives fighting for their
rights under American law and details one of the rare successes for
Native Americans in their nearly two-hundred-year effort to define
and protect their rights.
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