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Jill and Joseph McKinstry Book Fund
The Jill and Joseph McKinstry Fund supports books in Native American and Indigenous studies as well as works that deepen our understanding of the distinctive history, culture, and natural history of the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
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Alaska Native Resilience
Voices from World War II
Alaska Native elders remember wartime invasion, relocation, and land reclamation
The US government justified its World War II occupation of Alaska as a defense against Japan’s invasion of the Aleutian Islands, but it equally served to...
ISBN: 9780295752525
more detailsNot Native American Art
Fakes, Replicas, and Invented Traditions
Explores the making and meaning of so-called Native American art
The faking of Native American art objects has proliferated as their commercial value has increased, but even a century ago experts were warning that the faking...
ISBN: 9780295751368
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Living Wisdom from Coast Salish Elders
A gathering of stories for all generations, past, present, and future
Dynamic and diverse, Coast Salish culture is bound together by shared values and relations that generate a resilient worldview. Jesintel—"to learn and grow together"—characterizes the...
ISBN: 9780295748641
more detailsCherokee Earth Dwellers
Stories and Teachings of the Natural World
Second place for the 2023 Chicago Folklore Prize
A celebration of the Cherokee cosmos through creature names, stories, cultural concepts, and reflections
Ayetli gadogv—to "stand in the middle"—is at the heart of a Cherokee perspective of the...
ISBN: 9780295750187
more detailsUnsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast
Inseparable from its communities, Northwest Coast art functions aesthetically and performatively beyond the scope of non-Indigenous scholarship, from demonstrating kinship connections to manifesting spiritual power. Contributors to this volume foreground Indigenous understandings in recognition of...
ISBN: 9780295750705
more detailsA Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other
Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast
In the dense rainforest of the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Somass River (c̓uumaʕas) brings sockeye salmon (miʕaat) into the Nuu-chah-nulth community of Tseshaht. C̓uumaʕas and miʕaat are central to the sacred food practices...
ISBN: 9780295749525
more detailsProud Raven, Panting Wolf
Carving Alaska's New Deal Totem Parks
Among Southeast Alaska’s best-known tourist attractions are its totem parks, showcases for monumental wood sculptures by Tlingit and Haida artists. Although the art form is centuries old, the parks date back only to the waning...
ISBN: 9780295747552
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