Inhabited Wilderness : Indians, Eskimos, and National Parks in Alaska
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
New American West Series
ISBN-10
0826318274
ISBN-13
9780826318275
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Imprint
University of New Mexico Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 1997
Print length
309 Pages
Weight
525 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.10 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasSocial & cultural historySports & outdoor recreation
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A history of the national parks in Alaska and how they protect the natural ecosystems while allowing certain populations to use the parks to maintain their cultural traditions.
This volume, the first in the New American West Series edited by Elliott West, explores Alaska's vast national-park system and the evolution of wilderness concepts in the twentieth century. After World War II, Alaska's traditional Eskimos, Indians, and whites still trapped, hunted, and fished in the forests. Their presence challenged the uninhabited national parks and forced a complex debate over ""inhabited wilderness."" Focusing on three principal national parks--Glacier Bay, Denali, and Gates of the Arctic--the author explores the idea of ""inhabited wilderness,"" which culminated in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980. Among other units, the legislation set aside ten national parks, nine of which allow Alaska natives, whites included, ""customary and traditional"" subsistence use.
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