Miller, Polly G. Lost heritage of Alaska; : the adventure and art of the Alaskan coastal Indians. [electronic resource] / Narrative by Polly Miller. Graphics and aesthetic commentary by Leon Gordon Miller.. — Cleveland, : World Pub. Co., [1967]. — xv, 289 p. : illus. (part col.) 26 cm.

Bibliography: p. 273-279.

Introduction / Ernest Gruening -- Alaska visited: the high art of Alaska's coastal Indians -- Vitus Bering discovers Alaska -- Comes the great Captain Cook -- Merchant navigators and the fur fever -- Captain Robert Gray and the Yankee traders -- Baranov-Russian rule in America -- America's neglected bargain -- From potlatch to politics -- Modern alchemy-artifacts into art -- Alaska revisited: the living memory of a lost artistic heritage.



Анотація:
Describes the arts and history of the Tlingit and Haida Indians, from accounts by early explorers and traders.



LCCN: 67015226

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Tlingit Indians--History.
Haida Indians--History.
Tlingit (Indiens)--Histoire.
Haida (Indiens)--Histoire.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Alaska--History.
Alaska--Histoire.

LC Class. No.: E99.T6 / M5

Dewey Class. No.: 970.4/98