Download or read book The Iñupiaq Eskimo Nations of Northwest Alaska written by Ernest S. Burch and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burch, an independent social anthropologist and historian specializing in the study of the aboriginal peoples of northern North America, began his research on Northwest Alaska in 1960 and has made 22 field trips to the Arctic. This study of the 19th century history of 11 autonomous societies into which the hunter-gatherer Inupiaq Eskimos were once organized is based primarily on oral histories he obtained from tribal elders. Includes several maps and bandw photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR