the kids from nowhere:
The Story Behind the Arctic Educational Miracle
Alaska Bibliography
Children’s Books
Armond, Dale de. The Seal Oil Lamp San Francisco, California: Sierra Club Books, 1988. A children’s story based on an Alaska Native legend.
Bodett, Tom. Williwaw! Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1999, 192 pp. Autumn and Ivan live an hour's boat trip from the nearest town. When Ivan blows out the short-wave radio batteries, they disobey their father and take the boat to town to get the radio repaired.
Carlstrom, Nancy White. Raven and River Little Brown & Co; 1st ed edition, 1997, 32 pp., ages 4 – 8. The story follows a raven as it travels along an Alaskan river announcing the arrival of spring across the still-frozen landscape.
George, Jean Craighead. Snow Bear Hyperion Books for Children, 1999. Bessie plays with a polar bear cub on the Arctic ice while her older brother and the mother bear watch and keep them safe.
Gill, Shelley. Swimmer Sasquatch Books/Paws IV Children's Books, 2002, 32pp., ages 4 – 8. Swimmer, the Chinook salmon, journeys over 10,000 miles to complete her life cycle, while Katya, the native Alaskan girl, comes of age in her small village along the coast.
Harter, Lois. Where's the Boss? : A Dog Team Alone on Alaska's Iditarod Trail Anchorage : Publication Consultants, 1999, 32 pp. Lead dogs Toby and Crystal locate and find help for their musher who was missing along the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The author lives in Chugiak.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. Balto and the Great Race Random House Books for Young Readers, 1999, 112 pp., ages 9 - 12. A Siberian husky becomes lead dog on his team and tracks through a raging blizzard to bring desperately needed antitoxin serum to Nome in 1925.
Sabuda, Robert. The Blizzard's Robe Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999. Teune, a young girl living in an arctic village, makes a robe for the Blizzard. As a reward he creates the northern lights.
Schuch, Steve. A Symphony of Whales Harcourt Brace, 1999. Young Glashka's dream of the singing of whales, accompanied by a special kind of music, leads to the rescue of thousands of whales stranded in a freezing Siberian bay. Awarded Best Illustrated Children's Book by the New York Times Book Review.
Staub, Frank. Children of the Tlingit Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1999, 48 pp. Information about the lives of several Tlingit children throughout southeast Alaska weaves facts about their history and culture along with their present day activities.
Wallace, Mary. The Inuksuk Book Owl Books, 1999, 64 pp. Wallace describes the Inuit way of life in Arctic Canada. Inuksuit (plural) are stone structures that can communicate essential survival knowledge to an arctic traveler.
Adult Fiction / Story-telling / Poetry
Brown, Emily Ivanoff (Ticasuk). The Longest Story Ever Told Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Pacific University, 1981. An Inuit who has written a version of a traditional tale in English.
Keithahn, Edward Alaskan Igloo Tales Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Publishers, 1974.
Lowenstein, Tom. Eskimo Poems from Canada and Greenland Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh, 1973.
Michener, James A. Alaska New York, New York: Random House, 1988. Popular history and fiction blended.
Oman, Lela Kiana. Eskimo Legends Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Methodist University Press, 1975. Printed versions of tales told to the author.
Thomas, Lesley. Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North Far Eastern Press, 2005, 430pp. Award-winning literary fiction set in 1971, in the Alaskan Arctic, Kayuqtuq, "the red fox", an orphan traumatized by her past, seeks respect in her traditional Inupiat village through the outlawed path of shamanism.
Adult Non-Fiction
Allen, Arthur James. A Whaler and Trader in the Arctic Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Publishers, 1978. Memoirs of a long time resident of the Arctic Slope region.
Bigjim, Fred. Sinrock Portland, Oregon: Press-22, 1983. Poetry by an Inuit from Northwest Alaska.
Bodfish, Waldo. Kusiq. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 1991. A personal account of life in the North Slope of Alaska by an Inuit elder.
Briggs, Jean. Never In Anger Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970. An anthropologist describes the child rearing practices of an Inuit family.
Brower, Charles D.. Fifty Years Below Zero Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 1994 (reprint). Originally published in 1942. An adventurer's account of his own life and what he witnessed in the North Slope region of Alaska.
Cheney, Theodore A. Rees. Living in Polar Regions New York, New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. A general introduction to Arctic people and living conditions.
Darnell, Frank and Anton Hoëm. Taken to Extremes Education in the Far North Cambridge, Massachsetts, 1996. ISBN 82-00-22588-7
Dauenhauer, Nora Marks and Richard. Haa Shuka’ Our Ancestors Tlingit Oral Narratives Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1987.
DeArmond, Robert N. A Voyage in a Dory : From Sitka to Tacoma by Oars, Sail and Tow Rope Sitka : Arrowhead Press, 1999, 88 pp. The Southeast Alaska historian describes his 1931 adventure.
Decker, Julie. Icebreakers : Alaska's Most Innovative Artists Anchorage : Decker Art Services, 1999, 332 pp. Highlights the work of 54 Alaskan artists with biographical information, examples of their work, and many photographs, some color. Also includes essays on art in Alaska.
Driscoll, Joseph. War Discovers Alaska Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.P. Lippincott, 1943. A journalist visits Alaska during the war and describes, among other things, racism in the territory.
Drucker, Philip. Cultures of the North Pacific Coast New York, New York: Chandler Publishing Co., 1965. An anthropological text.
Dumond, Donald E.. The Eskimos and Aleuts London, Great Britain: Thames and Hudson, Limited, 1977. An anthropological and archaeological interpretation of Inuit and Aleut history.
Fienup-Riodan, Ann. Eskimo Essays: Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them Rutgers University Press, 1999.
Fienup-Riordan, Ann. The Nelson Island Eskimos Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Pacific University Press, 1983. An anthropological study.
Fienup-Riodan, Ann. Wise Words of the Yup’ik People: We Talk to You because We Love You Bison Books, 2005.
Fortier, Ed. One Survived Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Publishers, 1979. A true story of surviving on the sea ice by a King Island Inuit.
Garibaldi, Ann. Medicinal Flora of the Alaska Natives Anchorage : Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage, 1999, 199 pp. A compilation of knowledge from literary sources of Aleut, Athabascan, Eyak, Haida, Inupiat, Tlingit, Tsimshian, and Yupik traditional healing methods using plants.
Giffen, Naomi. The Roles of Men and Women in Eskimo Culture Chicago, Illinois: Chicago University Press, 1930. An early anthropological study.
Giddings, J. Louis Ancient Men of the Arctic New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. An archaeological pioneer in Northwest Alaska.
Green, Paul. I am Eskimo Juneau, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Publishing Co., 1959. An elder writing about tradition and change in Northwest Alaska.
Hess, Bill. Gift of the Whale : The Inupiat Bowhead Hunt, a Sacred Tradition Seattle : Sasquatch Books, 1999, 227 pp. The aboriginal right to hunt bowhead whales (an endangered species) remains controversial; Hess' book presents a case for the cultural and spiritual side of the argument.
Honingmann, John J. and Irma. Eskimo Townsmen Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Research Centre for Anthropology, 1965. Anthropological study of Frobisher Inuit in the modern period.
Hughes, Charles C., Eskimo Boyhood Louisville, Kentucky: The University of Kentucky Press, 1974. The life story of a Siberian Yupik boy.
Jolles, Carol Zane. Faith, Food, and Family in a Yupik Whaling Community University of Washington Press, 2002.
Kantner, Seth. Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska Milkweed Editions, June 2008, 240 pp. The Kantner family subsisted on animals like porcupine and caribou, they wore mukluks and wrapped themselves in hides to stay warm as they drank melted snow and welcomed stray visitors to their free-range "bush life."
Keithahn, Edward. Eskimo Adventure Seattle, Washington: Superior Publishers Company, 1963.
Kleinfeld, Judith S., G. Williamson McDiarmid and David Hagstrom. Alaska’s Small Rural High Schools Anchorage, Alaska: Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1985. A study of the small rural high schools that were created in the 1970’s and early 1980’s in Alaska.
Krause, Aurel. The Tlingit Indians Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 1956. Translation of an expeditionary report of a German explorer who visited Alaska and wrote in the 1880’s.
Krauss, Michael. Alaska Native Languages Past, Present, and Future Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, 1980.
Lamb, May Wynne Life In Alaska Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1988.
Langdon, Steve J.. The Native People of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska: Greatland Graphics, 1987.
Lopez, Barry. Arctic Dreams New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986.
Lund, Annabel. Heartbeat: World Eskimo Indian Olympics Juneau, Alaska: Fairweather Press, 1986.
Marston, Muktuk. Men of the Tundra. New York, New York: October House, Inc., 1972. The story of the establishment of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II. This organization had, and through the successor units, continues to have important social and cultural influences in many Alaska Native communities.
Morgan, Lael chief editor. Alaska’s Native Peoples Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Geographic Press, 1979. A coffee table introduction to the history and current circumstances of Alaska Native people.
Napoleon, Harold. Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being Fairbanks, Alaska: Publications Center for Cross-Cultural Studies, 1991.
Nelson, Edward William. The Eskimo About Bering Strait Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1983. Paper back with illustrations and photographs, with descriptions of Native cultures during the early contact period.
O'Neil, Dan. The Firecracker Boys New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. A history of the how the federal government considered exploding a series of nuclear bombs south of Pt. Hope, Alaska and how the project was stopped.
Pulu, Tupou and Ruth Ramoth-Sampson editors. Maniilaq Anchorage, Alaska: National Bilingual Materials Development Center, Anchorage, Alaska, 1981. Elders describe the life and predictions of a seer during the time just prior to contact in Northwest Alaska.
Pulu, Tupou L., Ruth Ramoth-Sampson and Angeline Newlin. Whaling: A Way of Life Anchorage, Alaska: National Bilingual Materials Development Center, 1980. A text based on interviews of elders from Point Hope, Alaska.
Ray, Dorothy Jean. Artists of the Tundra and the Sea Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1980. An anthropologist describing traditional and transitional art of Alaska Native people.
Ritchey, Brenda. Know the Happy Face : Biography of Oliver Amouak, World Famous Eskimo Auburn, Wash. : Alaska Lines and Stories Kept Alive [A.L.A.S.K.A.], 1997) 216 pp. The granddaughter of the face behind the Alaska Airlines logo reveals the family's identity, traditions, and legacy through the story of her grandfather's life.
Rogers, Jean. Good-bye, My Island New York, New York: Greenwillow Books, 1983. Children’s story about the community of King Island, Alaska leaving the community and relocating to Nome.
Senungetuk, Vivian and Paul Tiulana. A Place for Winter: Paul Tiulana's Story Anchorage, Alaska: The CIRI Foundation, 1987. The life story of an important King Island elder. Includes both traditional and modern life issues and history. Illustrated with photographs taken by Father Bernard Hubbard, S.J. in 1938-39.
Sherwood, Morgan B. Exploration of Alaska: 1865-1900 New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1965. Pioneer and commemorative history.
Spencer, Robert F. The North Alaskan Eskimo New York, New York: Dover Publishers, Inc., 1976. Anthropological study of the 1950’s.
Sprecht, Robert. Tisha New York, New York: Bantam Books, 1976. The account of a white woman teacher in Chicken, Alaska in 1927. She learns to live with the community while challenging its' racism.
Steffansson, Vilhja’lmur . My Life With The Eskimo Collier Books New York, New York, 1971. A classic in Arctic adventure/exploration literature written about a four-year expedition 1908-1912.
Tenenbaum, Joan M.. Denaina Sukdu’a Traditional Stories of the Tanaina Athabascans Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, 1984.
Wells, James. Ipani Eskimo Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Methodist University Press, 1974. A text about the traditional cycle of living in Northwest Alaska prior to the contact period.
Wilder, Edna. Once Upon An Eskimo Time Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Books, 1987. Stories of the lives of the author’s relatives from the contact period.
Sources: Alaska State Library, www.library.state.ak.us; Alaska Travel Industry Association, www.alaskatia.org; The Alaska Native Curriculum and Teacher Development Project Team (AKA Alaskool), www.alaskool.org; Barnes & Noble, www.barnesandnoble.com; George Guthridge
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