An edition of Northern Athabascan Survival (2002)

Northern Athabascan Survival

Women, Community, and the Future (North American Indian Prose Award)

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An edition of Northern Athabascan Survival (2002)

Northern Athabascan Survival

Women, Community, and the Future (North American Indian Prose Award)

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"The Northern Athabascan peoples of the Alaskan interior and the Yukon have survived centuries of contact and attempted domination by outsiders. Their lives today are rich in meaning and tradition yet are also complicated by numerous challenges such as poverty, alcoholism, domestic violence, suicide, and troubled leadership.".

"Combining scholarly analysis, first-person accounts, and her own experiences and insights as a Koyukon Athabascan artist and anthropologist, Phyllis Ann Fast illuminates the modern Athabascan world. Her conversations with Athabascan women offer revealing glimpses of their personal lives and a probing assessment of their professional opportunities and limitations.

Also showcased is the crucial but ambiguous role of Athabascan leaders, who are needed to champion reform and social healing but are often undermined by conflicting notions of decision making, personhood, and leadership in Athabascan society.".

"A troubling observation of this study is the vast extent to which addiction - manifested as both substance abuse and economic dependency - pervades Northern Athabascan society and threatens to curtail its cohesion and aspirations. But Northern Athabascans are far from victims. As Fast discovers, Northern Athabascan men and women are well aware of these widespread social problems, and many have undertaken initiatives to deal with and heal them.

Rigorous and compassionate, Northern Athabascan Survival provides an uncompromising view of a remarkable and troubled world."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
305

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Cover of: Northern Athabascan Survival
Northern Athabascan Survival: Women, Community, and the Future (North American Indian Prose Award)
November 1, 2002, University of Nebraska Press
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Library of Congress
E99.K84F37 2002, E99.K84 F37 2002

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
305
Dimensions
8.2 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

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Open Library
OL7905010M
Internet Archive
northernathabasc0000fast
ISBN 10
0803220170
ISBN 13
9780803220171
LCCN
2002017979
OCLC/WorldCat
48810268
Library Thing
5148043
Goodreads
2255522

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