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Across the Shaman`s River – John Muir, the Tlingit Stronghold, and the Opening of the North

Daniel Lee Henry (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2017
University of Alaska Press (Verlag)
978-1-60223-329-4 (ISBN)

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Across the Shaman's River is the story of one of Alaska's last Native American strongholds, a Tlingit community closed off for a century until a fateful encounter between a shaman, a preacher, and John Muir. Tucked in the corner of Southeast Alaska, the Tlingits had successfully warded off the Anglo influences that had swept into other corners of the territory. This tribe was viewed by European and American outsiders as the last wild tribe and a frustrating impediment to access. Missionaries and prospectors alike had widely failed to bring the Tlingit into their power. Yet, when John Muir arrived in 1879, accompanied by a fiery preacher, it only took a speech about "brotherhood" and some encouragement from the revered local shaman Skandoo'o to finally transform these "hostile heathens." Using Muir's original journal entries, as well as historic writings of explorers juxtaposed with insights from contemporary tribal descendants, Across the Shaman's River reveals how Muir's famous canoe journey changed the course of history and had profound consequences on the region's Native Americans.

Daniel Henry is an instructor at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, and the founder of the Alaska Native Oratory Society. He maintains a summer residence on a remote shore near Haines, Alaska.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.03.2018
Verlagsort	Farmington Hills
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 228 mm
Gewicht	504 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-60223-329-2 / 1602233292
ISBN-13	978-1-60223-329-4 / 9781602233294
Zustand	Neuware