Make Prayers to the Raven A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest

Name: Make Prayers to the Raven A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest
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ISBN: 9780226571638

ISBN-10: 0226571637

ISBN-13: 9780226571638

Edition: 73rd 1986

Authors: Richard K. Nelson

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"Nelson spent a year among the Koyukon people of western Alaska, studying their intimate relationship with animals and the land. His chronicle of that visit represents a thorough and elegant account of the mystical connection between Native Americans and the natural world."--Outside "This admirable reflection on the natural history of the Koyukon River drainage in Alaska is founded on knowledge the author gained as a student of the Koyukon culture, indigenous to that region. He presents these Athapascan views of the land--principally of its animals and Koyukon relationships with those creatures--together with a measured account of his own experiences and doubts. . . . For someone…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Edition: 73rd
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Orthography


Introduction



The People



The Watchful World



Earth, Air, and Sky



The Plants



Earth Animals



The Fishes



The Birds



The Small Mammals



The Predatory Mammals



The Large Mammals



Ecological Patterns and Conservation Practices



Principles of Koyukon World View



Nature and the Koyukon Tradition


Epilogue


Appendixes



The Study



The Boreal Environment



Koyukon Terms for Natural Entities



Uses for Selected Major Species


Bibliography


Index