Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; fmchapter; fmchapter; Contents; fmchapter; 1 The Natural Environment and Human Populations; 2 The Subsistence Base and Settlement Patterns; 3 Social Institutions; 4 Religion and The Supernatural; 5 The Individual and His Culture; 6 The History Of The European Contact; 7 Northern Athapaskans and The Modern World; 8 Athapaskan Adaptive Strategy; Appendix The Ethnographic Literature and Future Research Needs; Selected References; Suggested Further Reading; Index