Shem Pete's Alaska : the territory of the Upper Cook Inlet Dena'ina
Record details
- ISBN: 9781602233065
- ISBN: 1602233063
- ISBN: 9781602233072
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Physical Description:
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xx, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm - Edition: Revised second edition.
- Publisher: Fairbanks, Alaska : The University of Alaska Press with the Alaska Native Language Center, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Revised second edition, ©2016 University of Alaska Press ; second edition, ©2003 University of Alaska Press ; first edition, 1987 Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska and the SIRI Foundation"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | List of Maps and Tables -- Foreword / by William Bright -- Preface to the 2016 Edition -- Preface to the 2003 Edition -- Introduction to the 1987 Edition -- Terminology and Format -- Symbols, Abbreviations, Common Dena'ina Words -- The Dena'ina and Ahtna Sound Systems and Alphabets -- Introduction: Shem Pete Ełan Shit'i, "I Am Shem Pete" -- The Dena'ina Language Area, Dena'ina Dialects, and Prehistoric Migrations / by James Kari -- Prehistory of the Greater Upper Cook Inlet Region / by Douglas Reger and Brian T. Wygal -- The Russian Presence in Upper Cook Inlet / by James Kari and James A. Fall -- Upper Inlet Dena'ina Regional Bands, Subsistence Patterns, and Traditional Leaders / by James A. Fall -- Upper Inlet Dena'ina Bands and Band Names / by James Kari -- Dena'ina Place Names and Territorial Knowledge / by James Kari -- A Note on Map Production for Shem Pete's Alaska / by Matt Ganley -- 1. Western Cook Inlet -- Chief Simeon Chickalusion, 1880/1957 -- Tanik'edi, a Dena'ina Technique for Salmon Fishing in Cook Inlet / by Nickafor Alexan -- Beluga Hunting in the Tyonek Area / by James Kari and James A. Fall -- Quyushi Uqu Ch'el'ani, Beluga Hunting / by Shem Pete -- 2. Lower Susitna River -- The Wrangell Map of 1839 / by James Kari -- Early Historic Dena'ina Log and Pole Buildings / by D.C. Beard -- Susitnu Htsukdu'a : The Susitna Story / by Shem Pete -- 3. Fish Creek 99 Notes on Dena'ina Watercraft / by James Kari -- Baytnidahen and Red Shirt / by Shem Pete ; translated by Billy Pete -- 4. Alexander Creek Drainage -- Ghuliy : Potlatch Wealth / by James Kari -- 5. Lower Yentna River -- Shem Pete, Dena'ina Singer and Composer / by Thomas F. Johnston -- 6. Skwentna River to the Rainy Pass Area -- Htal : the 1932 Trip to Rainy Pass / by Sava Stephan -- Introducing the Proto-Dene Lex Loci with Selected Dene Place Names South and West of the Alaska Range / by James Kari -- 7. Upper Yentna River, Lake Creek, and Kahiltna River -- Archaeological Investigations at Tiq'atl'ena Bena (Hewitt Lake) / by R. Greg Dixon -- 1919 Trip from Susitna Station to the Johnson Creek area and Hewitt Lake / by Shem Pete -- 8. Middle Susitna River -- Traveling with the Kroto Creek Band in the 1920s / by Katherine Nicolie -- Q'u Nuch'tutna? Dini Sht'a -- The Story of Beł Dink'udlaghen : The One Who Swam Back Inside with Them (the Salmon) / by Shem Pete -- Wasilla Stephan of Montana Creek / compiled by James Kari ; with an excerpt by Russell Annabel -- 9. Chulitna River -- Names for Denali in Alaska Native Languages and the Denali Name Change of 2015 / by James Kari -- 10. Upper Susitna River -- A Trip from Tyone Village to Knik in 1912 / by Jim Tyone -- Recent Advances in Ethnogeographic Research Methods / by James Kari -- 11. Talkeetna River -- Ch'anqet' and the Mountain People / by Shem Pete -- John Shaginoff -- 12. Little Susitna River -- No Room in the Homeland : Willow's First Citizen Looks for Home / by James Kari and Priscilla Russell -- Being with Shem Pete / by Priscilla Russell -- 13. Western Knik Arm -- Knik Archaeological Excavations / by Fran Seager-Boss -- 14. Matanuska River -- Basdut : Old Man Ezi / told in Dena'ina by Shem Pete ; translated by Billy Pete -- Chief Ezi / by Alberta Stephan -- The Chickaloon Ahtna Country / by Katie Wade and the Chickaloon Village Traditional Council -- 15. Eastern Knik Arm and the Anchorage area -- Dach' Idlughet Hyighiyih : How Eklutna Got Its Name / by Shem Pete -- Early Days in Anchorage / by Shem Pete and Sava Stephan -- 16. Turnagain Arm and Point Possession -- Captain Cook's Arrival in Cook Inlet in 1778 / by James Kari -- Nutu?'iy ch'u Tutl'uh : Fire Island and Turnagain Arm / by Shem Pete -- Unhsah Tahna'ina : The First Underwater People / by Fedosia Sacaloff -- 2003 bibliography -- 2016 Bibliography -- Geographic names index -- Personal names index -- Subject index. |
Language Note: | Text in English with translations of Dena'ina. |
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