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Author O'Brien, Thomas A., 1955-

Title Gwich'in Athabascan implements : history, manufacture, and usage according to Reverend David Salmon / Thomas A. O'Brien
Published Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 133 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents General information associated with the artifacts -- Artifacts associated with hunting -- Artifacts associated with fishing -- Artifacts associated with general and special purposes -- Artifacts associated with gaming -- Artifacts associated with manufacturing -- Reflections on the partnership
Summary The most detailed and well-illustrated study of material culture for any northern Athabascan language group to date, Gwich'in Athabascan Implements reproduces pre- and early post-contact tools that are historically important to the Athabaskan people. A long-term collaboration between anthropologist Thomas O'Brien and Athabascan elder David Salmon, this volume provides more than one hundred one-to-one sketches of a wide variety of implements, many of which are no longer commonly found in use
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Salmon, David, 1912-2007 -- Ethnological collections
SUBJECT Salmon, David, 1912-2007 fast
Subject Gwich'in Indians -- Implements
Gwich'in Indians -- Hunting
Gwich'in Indians -- Fishing
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Anthropology -- Private collections
Gwich'in Indians -- Hunting
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011008535
ISBN 9781602231450
1602231451