Mary F. Ehrlander is a Professor Emeritus of History and Arctic & Northern Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is the author of Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son (Bison Books, 2017), Equal Educational Opportunity: Brown’s Elusive Mandate and coauthor of Education Reform in the … Continue reading From the Desk of Mary Ehrlander: The Success of the Walter Harper Project
Throughout the month of November we will feature books and authors from our list to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. Mary F. Ehrlander is the director of Arctic and Northern Studies and a professor of history at the University of Alaska … Continue reading From the Desk of Mary F. Ehrlander: Reflections on the Appeal and Value of Biography
A warm round of applause for our award-winning authors! Congratulations! Author Award Whiting Award: 2016 Winner in Poetry Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair “She renders the geography of Jamaica as something that takes over her body, and yet concludes with the … Continue reading New Award Winners
An excerpt from Sharing Our Knowledge: The Tlingit and Their Coastal Neighbors (March 2015) edited by Sergei Kan, with Steve Henrikson. X’eigaa Ḵaa (Tlingit Warrior) HAROLD JACOBS In Tlingit, the name for warrior is xeig̲aa ḵaa. Many “Lower 48” tribes have … Continue reading EXCERPT: Sharing Our Knowledge
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