02074cam a2200361 4500 283110818 TxAuBib 20120426120000.0 120426s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011008535 9781602231443 $45.00 1602231443 $45.00 TxAuBib O'Brien. Gwich'in Athabascan Implements : History, Manufacture, and Usage According To Reverend David Salmon / Thomas A. O'Brien. Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, 2011. 133 p : ill., maps, softcover ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-128) and index. General information associated with the artifacts -- Artifacts associated with hunting -- Artifacts associated with fishing -- Artifacts associated with general and special purposes -- Artifacts associated with gaming -- Artifacts associated with manufacturing -- Reflections on the partnership. The most detailed and well-illustrated study of material culture for any northern Athabascan group to date, "Gwich'in Athabascan Implements" reproduces pre- and early post-contact tools that are historically important to the Athabascan people. A long-term collaboration between anthropologist Thomas A. O'Brien and Athabascan edler David Salmon, this volume provides forty one-to-one sketches of a wide variety of implements, many of which are no longer commonly in use. Includes a foreword by University of Alaska Professor of Linguistics James Kari. 20120426. Gwich'in Indians Implements. Gwich'in Indians Hunting. Gwich'in Indians Fishing. Salmon, David 1912-2007 Ethnological collections. Anthropology. Artifacts. Culture. Athabascan tools. Alaska. Social life and customs. Salmon, Reverend David.