Playing with fish and other lessons from the North
By: Robert J. Wolfe.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9780816524853
Subjects: Human ecology -- Alaska.; Human ecology -- California.; Indigenous peoples -- Ecology.; Human-animal relationships -- Alaska.; Human-animal relationships -- California.; Alaska -- Environmental conditions.; California -- Environmental conditions.
First sentence: I was almost born in a bean field, passing between worlds.
Description: A cultural anthropologist from California, Wolfe spent twenty years in Alaska documenting the traditional hunting and fishing practices of Alaska Natives and discovered much about sustainable relationships between people and nature. With these thought-provoking essays contrasting California and Alaska - worlds far apart yet connected by peoples, cultural traditions, and ecology - he challenges readers to reflect on their own personal conduct within nature and our multicultural world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. Passing between Worlds  2. Humanity  3. Respect  4. Grace  5. Playing with Fish  6. Perfect Symphony  7. Profiting  8. Icebreakers  9. Bibliographic Essay