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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Northern Athabascan Survival: Women, Community, and the Future

Northern Athabascan Survival: Women, Community, and the Future

Fast, Phyllis a.

Hardcover

Series: North American Indian Prose Award

Native American HistoryAnthropology

Publisher Price: $55.00

ISBN10: 0803220170
ISBN13: 9780803220171
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: Nov 1 2002
Pages: 305
Weight: 1.17
Height: 1.15 Width: 6.34 Depth: 8.24
Language: English
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.

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