Alaska Natives at the Time of the Invasions: A Cultural Profile Project

Draft 3

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Table of Contents

Introduction: What you will do and why
Chapter 1 – The Cultural Profile and Serious Thinking
Chapter 2 – Organizing Our Thinking: Key Concepts
Chapter 3 – Native Cultures – think Pluralism!
Chapter 4 - Ecological Zones and Environmental Adaptation
Chapter 5 - Federal Indian Law - A Side Trip
Chapter 6 - ANCSA - Another Side Trip
Chapter 7 - Settlements and Land Use
Chapter 8 - The Six Parts of Culture
Chapter 9 – Oral History and its Uses
Chapter 10 – The Lament of Tiger Burch
Chapter 11 – But What about the Written Record?
Chapter 12 – Social Organization
Chapter 13 – “Worldview” Deserves Special Consideration
Chapter 14 – Cultural products
Congratulations -- but don't stop studying now!
Endnotes
Bibliography

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