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Alaska Native Ways What the Elders Have Taught Us Text by Natives of Alaska Photography by Roy Corral As Alaska’s Native peoples confront contemporary challenges, they increasingly find purpose in traditional values and practices that have sustained their cultures for millennia. In stirring words and spectacular photos, ALASKA NATIVE WAYS: WHAT THE ELDERS HAVE TAUGHT US pays tribute to the first Alaskans and the ancient values they consider paramount to their survival. Renewed pride has emerged across Alaska as Natives, both young and old, proclaim and celebrate their connections to their ancestry, ties that will define their identity in a new century. The values and the Native Alaskans writing about them include: Show Respect to Others—Each Person Has a Special Gift by Diana Campbell (Athabascan) See Connections—All Things Are Related by Walkie Charles (Yup’ik) Honor Your Elders—They Show You the Way in Life by Ruthie Lee Tatqavin Ramoth-Sampson (Inupiat) Accept What Life Brings—You Cannot Control Many Things by Philip Kelly (Aleut) Have Patience—Some Things Cannot Be Rushed by Nora Marks Dauenhauer (Tlingit) Pray for Guidance—Many Things Are Not Known by Sven Haakanson Jr. (Alutiiq) Live Carefully—What You Do Will Come Back to You by David Boxley (Tsimshian) Take Care of Others—You Cannot Live without Them by George Noongwook (Siberian Yupik) Share What You Have—Giving Makes You Richer by Jeane Breinig (Haida) Know Who You Are—You Are a Reflection on Your Family by Dune Lankard (Eyak) Find related books in: Category: Series: Region: Read reviews of this title
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