Indigenous Ways to the Present: Native Whaling in the Western Arctic (Occasional Publications Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 189644525X ISBN 13: 9781896445250

Publisher: CCI Press, 2003

Synopsis

The traditional pursuit of whales by Eskimo hunters remains an area in which humans articulate directly with natural processes. This volume traces regional Native whaling practices from approximately 2,000 years to the present. Contributions center on three themes: variations in whaling, Yupik and Inupiat whaling traditions over time, and interactions with changing environmental conditions that include major climatic episodes as well as shorter fluctuations. Western Arctic Native whaling has never been a uniform practice. By calling attention to local, flexible adaptations, this volume distinguishes between common approaches and how societies lived in real time and space.

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Review:

"This is an important book and will have a long-term impact on the field. The papers by cultural anthropologists put whaling in the western Arctic in a social context."

"This is an important book and will have a long-term impact on the field. The papers by cultural anthropologists put whaling in the western Arctic in a social context."--Herbert D. G. Maschner, series co-editor, Anthropology of Pacific North America

From the Back Cover:

The traditional pursuit of whales by Eskimo hunters remains an area in which humans articulate directly with natural processes. To present-day urban dwellers, such direct relations between people, wild animals, and the environment may seem exotic but they continue to be important pursuits for many I?upiat and Yupik peoples. This volume traces regional Native whaling practices from approximately 2,000 years to the present. Contributions center on three themes: variations in whaling, Yupik and I?upiat whaling traditions over time, and interactions with changing environmental conditions that include major climatic episodes as well as shorter fluctuations. Western Arctic Native whaling has never been a uniform practice. By calling attention to local, flexible adaptations, this volume distinguishes between common approaches and how societies lived in real time and space. Papers by: Allen P. McCartney and Roger K. Harritt; John C. Dixon; Roger K. Harritt; Owen K. Mason and Valerie Barber; Yvon Csonka; Lev G. Dinesman and Arkady B. Savinetsky; James M. Savelle and Allen P. McCartney; Howard W. Braham; Lyudmila S. Bogoslovskaya; John C. George, Stephen Braund, Harry Brower, Jr., Craig Nicolson, and Todd M. O'Hara; Barbara Bodenhorn; Carol Zane Jolles; Mary A. Larson; Susan W. Fair; Mark S. Cassell; and Herbert O. Anungazuk.

About this edition

• Publisher: CCI Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 189644525X
• ISBN 13: 9781896445250
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444
• Editor: McCartney Allen P.