Alaska trip

Anchorage Museum & Reading Materials

We went to the <a href="http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/">Anchorage Museum of History and Art</a> today. Another must-see for those visiting Anchorage. The museum has a great collection of contemporary art by Alaskan artsists as well as a fantastic exhibit of the history of Alaska that covers Native culture as well as Russian, European, and American activities in the state from pre-history up to the near past.

While I was in the gift shop, I discovered yet another interesting book that I haven't found before. The local and museum shops in Anchorage are well stocked with "Alaskana" and I also found some very interesting books written by Yup'ik and Inupiat authors in the Unalakleet library. Here are a few hard-to-find titles:

Our Side of the River," Sis Laraux

Authentic Alaska: Voices of Its Native Writers," Susan B. Andrews, and John Creed, eds

In Two Worlds: A Yup'Ik Eskimo Family," Jenness, Aylette; Rivers, Alice

Yupik Lore, Oral Tradition of an Eskimo People," Tennant, Edward A., and Joseph N. Betar, eds.

Give or Take a Century: An Eskimo Chronicle," Joseph Engasongwok Senungetuk