Make prayers to the raven : a Koyukon view of the northern forest / Richard K. Nelson

Author:: Nelson, Richard K.
Published:: Chicago [Ill.] ; London [Eng.] : University of Chicago Press, 1986.
Copyright Date:: ©1983
Edition:: Pbk. ed.
Physical Description:: xvi, 292 pages : map ; 23 cm

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Contents:

People -- Watchful world -- Earth, air, and sky -- Plants -- Earth animals -- Fishes -- Birds -- Small mammals -- Predatory mammals -- Large mammals -- Ecological patterns and conservation practices -- Principles of Koyukon world view -- Nature and the Koyukon tradition -- Appendixes: Study -- Boreal environment -- Koyukon terms for natural entities -- Uses for selected major species.

Subject(s):

Koyukon Indians
Human ecology—Alaska
Natural history—Alaska

ISBN:

0226571637 (pbk.)

Note:

Includes index.

Bibliography Note:

Bibliography: pages 277-281.

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