Synopses & Reviews
Published to coincide with an exhibition of the same name organized by the National Museum of Natural History and circulated by the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, this book "includes thirty-six...illustrated articles by American and Soviet scholars. The articles treat various aspects of the native cultures of Alaska and northeastern Siberia, such as potlatch ceremonies, native artists of Alaska, the ethnology of the Aleuts, and the history of Russian America" (Library Journal).