From pdh@u.washington.edu Wed Nov 12 19:14:11 1997 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id TAA40048 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:14:10 -0800 Received: from saul7.u.washington.edu (pdh@saul7.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.2]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id TAA38878 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:14:09 -0800 Received: from localhost (pdh@localhost) by saul7.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id TAA18019 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:14:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:14:08 -0800 (PST) From: Department of Zoology To: indknow@u.washington.edu Subject: New Arctic Books Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 14:01:23 -0500 (EST) From: Gail Osherenko Subject: NEW ARCTIC BOOKS Arctic Visions has recently released two new books: one tells the story of Alaska Natives and their land; the other, the story of Greenland whalers and sustainability. The new books are: Sold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land, 1867-1959 -- The Army to Statehood Donald Craig Mitchell Greenlanders, Whales, and Whaling Sustainability and Self-Determination in the Arctic Richard A. Caulfield Arctic Visions is published by Dartmouth College/University Press of New England. Descriptions of the 2 books follows. To order, contact University Press of New England. University Press of New England 23 South Main St., Hanover, NH 03755 Fax: 603-643-1540 / Email: university.press@dartmouth.edu http://www.dartmouth.edu/acad-inst/upne/ Sold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land, 1867-1959 -- The Army to Statehood Donald Craig Mitchell "...splendidly researched and wonderfully written .. a major intellectual triumph." Stewart L. Udall, Former Secretary of the Interior " SOLD AMERICAN is a provocative account of the history of Alaska.... While I suspect this book will engender some controversy, this story has been repeated on all continents. The plight of the indigenous or aboriginal people may differ, but only in degree." Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Committee on Indian Affairs When Alaska's vast wilderness and untouched natural resources first attracted white settlers, life for Alaska's Native peoples changed forever. Gold rush stampeders, commercial fishermen, entrepreneurs, and fortune hunters who converged on this previously unspoiled land brought not only their dreams but also disease and greed and ways of thinking about the world that created cultural, economic, and territorial conflicts with the indigenous population that continue to the present. "A thoroughly researched history of the U.S. government's relationship with Alaska's Natives, presented as a well-written, provocative narrative"--Anchorage Daily News. DONALD CRAIG MITCHELL is a former vice-president and general counsel of the Alaska Federation of Natives, organized by Alaska Natives in 1967 to fight for their historic land claims settlement. For more than two decades he has been intimately involved, both before Congress and in the courts, in the development and implementation of federal Native policy. 490 pp. Illus. Cloth, ISBN 0-87451-800-8. $55.00 Paper, ISBN 0-87451-748-6. $24.95 Greenlanders, Whales, and Whaling Sustainability and Self-Determination in the Arctic Richard A. Caulfield Whaling has been central to the life of Greenland's Inuit peoples for at least 4000 years, but political, economic, technological, and regulatory changes have altered this ancient practice. Caulfield's research connects traditions of indigenous peoples, the promises and pitfalls of co-management, international whaling policies, the complexities of sustainability, and the power of culturally determined views shaping relationships between humans and their environment. He finds that controversy over whaling often arises from conflicting idea systems, rather than disagreement over biological resource management. RICHARD A. CAULFIELD, Assistant Professor of Rural Development at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, is currently writing a second book on indigenous knowledge and management of renewable resources in West Greenland. 220 pp. Illus. Cloth, 0-87451-810-5. $35.00 .