Ultimate Americans : Point Hope, Alaska, 1826-1909
Title:
Ultimate Americans : Point Hope, Alaska, 1826-1909
JLCTITLE245:
Tom Lowenstein.
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Publication Information:
Fairbanks, AK : University of Alaska Press, ©2008.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
ISBN:
9781602230279
9781602230385
Abstract:
Chronicles the history of the Inupiaq people of Point Hope, Alaska, outlining the many hardships they endured due to the presence of foreign settlers. Reveals how they were able to survive these troubles and details their strong cultural heritage today. Includes black-and-white photographs.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-339) and index.
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Contents:
Introduction: first encounters -- Contact with Chukchi and Europeans up to 1854 -- The Alaska Purchase and the Russian period -- The U.S. Navy, the Alaska commercial company, and the U.S. revenue cutter service -- The commercial whale hunt, 1 -- The commercial whale hunt, 2 -- Jabbertown: Point Hope's shore-based whaling station -- Jabbertown: the transformation of Point Hope's south shore -- Atanauraq: Shaman, trader, Point Hope's "chief" -- Atanauraq and the white man -- Atanauraq and Charles Brower at Point Hope, 1884 -- How Atanauraq was assassinated -- Disease in Alaska -- Sheldon Jackson takes on Alaska -- The search for order -- John B. Driggs: medical missionary to Point Hope -- First school on the Arctic Coast -- The hidden John Driggs -- Driggs: consolidation in the village, 1892-93 -- The missionary Edson: fear and trembling -- Sunny teachings: death and resurrection -- Disease in Point Hope and the great sickness -- Millenarian Alaska: return of the spirits, 1 -- Millenarian Alaska: return of the spirits, 2 -- Driggs's homecoming, 1896 -- Driggs: the final years and deposition -- Reburying the ancestors.