Our Voices: Native Stories of Alaska and the Yukon
Editors Ruppert (English and Alaska Native studies, Univ. of  Alaska) and Bernet (English, emeritus, Univ. of Alaska) have  done a tremendous service to the presentation and preservation  of Native American literary craft with their new book. Readers  will immediately note its twofold importance: it contributes to  the historical archive of Native American traditional stories  from Alaska and the Yukon while presenting the most significant  narratives as told by Athabaskan storytellers. But this is not  an ethnography of Athabaskan groups (of which the Deg Hit'an,  Koyukon, Gwich'in, Northern Tutchone, Kaska, Tagish, Southern  Tutchone, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Lower Tanana, Upper  Kuskokwim, Dena'ina, Ahtna, and Eyak are represented here).  Instead, the book serves to introduce readers to the wonderful  variability of Athabaskan narration, presenting 20 storytellers  altogether. Ethnographers, lay readers and researchers  interested in Native American traditional storytelling, and  readers with an academic interest in Native American groups from  Alaska and the Yukon will find this book a significant resource.  Suitable for public as well as academic libraries. John E.  Dockall, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, HonoluluCopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.