Anooshi Lingit Aani Ka/Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804 (Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature, 4)
A history book that places Tlingit history beside Russian colonial sources around the Battles of Sitka.
Work Information
It asks who owns history by layering different kinds of sources.
Centering the Battles of Sitka in 1802 and 1804, the book sets Russian, British, American, and Tlingit sources side by side to examine power in northwest Alaska. It is a large edited historical volume with illustrations and appendices.
Review Summaries
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Readers value it as a demanding but rewarding history that combines detailed sources with an Indigenous perspective.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Univ of Washington Pr
- Published
- 2008-09-01
- Pages
- 491 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 22.86 x 3.81 x 29.85 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780295986012
- ISBN-10
- 0295986018
- Price
- 17732 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/History/Americas/United States/19th Century
Winner of an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation Winner of the 2009 Alaskana Award presented by the Alaska Library Association The Battles of Sitka were seminal events in the history of the Tlingit people, in the multicultural history of Alaska, and, ultimately, in the history of America. The Tlingits saw themselves as victors even as they formally ceded to the Russians the site of their village and fort, now knows as Sitka. This book covers the period from the first arrival of European and American fur traders in Tlingit territory to the establishment of a permanent Russian presence in the Pacific Northwest. It presents transcriptions and English translations of Tlingit oral traditions recorded almost fifty years ago and translations of newly available Russian historical documents. Although independent in origin and transmission, these accounts support one another to a remarkable degree on the main historical point. The Tlingit-Russian conflict is usually presented as a confrontation between "whites" with superior arms, and brave but outnumbered and poorly armed Natives. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Tlingits saw themselves as victors even as they formally ceded to the Russians the site of their village and fort, now known as Sitka. Setting aside ancient rules of story ownership, a new generation of Tlingit clan leaders has decided to publish the stories told by their ancestors so that the Tlingit point of view would be known and succeeding generations would not forget their people's history. Including Russian historical documents, travelers' accounts of information interactions between the formerly warring parties after the battles, and Dr. W. Schuhmacher's work on the role played by British and American skippers, this book inquires into and provides some answers to the fundamental question, Who owns history? Photographs of objects now in Russian and American museums - from the favorite battle hammer of Tlingit war chief Katlian to the metal ceremonial hat Baranov commissioned for the peace ceremony - enrich the book, along with portraits of key historical figures and eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century charts of Tlingit territory. Also included is the journal of Dmitrii Tarkhanov, a gazetteer, a glossary, Tlingit and Russian name lists, and an index.
Nora Marks Dauenhauer , whose first language is Tlingit, is affiliate professor of English and Richard L. Dauenhauer is President's Professor of Alaska Native Languages, both at the University of Alaska Southeast. The late Lydia T. Black was professor emerita of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Reviews
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Great book, fast service!
I think that this book has a great deal of information and it is interesting to read.
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History of Alaska and America you don't know
This book is the fourth volume in the Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature series and is an historical narrative in which the same event (the battles of Sitka) is explored and viewed from indigenous, Russian, American, and British points of view, questioning who owns history and who owns the rights to tell about it. Covering the period 1792-1818, the book is an in-depth recounting of a little-known part of Alaskan, Tlingit, and American history from the first arrival of European and American fur traders to Russian occupation of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest in the early 1800s. Through Tlingit oral traditions, historical documents, photographs, travelers' accounts, and extensive research, the authors describe the Battles of Sitka of 1802 and 1804, the lead-up to the battles, and the aftermath. This is an excellent addition to the library of anyone interested in Tlingit and American history. Royalties from the sale of this book go to Sealaska Heritage Institute and are applied to future education-related projects, including scholarships. The authors receive no royalties or income from its sale beyond the contracts/salaries they received during the writing of the book.
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History of Sitka,Alaska
It is a detailed and long book about this period in Sitka's history. But it does not really explain the battle of Sitka they way it should be? But I do recommend this historical book ,to those interested in late 18th and early 19th century history of the Russians in Alaska.
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Many-sided view of Russian-Native American conflict
This remarkable historical anthology provides a many-sided view of the conflict between agents of the Russian Empire and the Tlingit people of present-day Southeastern Alaska. Beginning with a concise history of the events, from early Russian-Tlingit contacts in the eighteenth century to the departure of Russian governor Alexander Baranov in 1818, the editors present a variety of documents, including diaries, official letters and reports by Baranov and others, and Tlingit oral histories. The work concludes with interesting appendices, including short biographies of modern Tlingit tradition bearers. For anyone interested in early Russian Alaska, or in European-Native American relations, this book is a treasure trove.
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great soucebook
An intensive and meticulous account a a little know piece of American heritage.