The Arctic Studies Center conducts research on northern lands, environments, cultures, and people using Smithsonian collections and field studies to learn about the history and contemporary peoples of the circumpolar region. The Center works closely with indigenous groups, universities, organizations and government agencies to promote the welfare of northern people and to educate the public about the history, arts, and languages of the North. Its scholars publish papers, monographs, and catalogs and prepare exhibitions and educational programs.
This book describes the world’s largest collection of pictorially-engraved 19th century ivory drill bows and how they document Inuit heritage as illuminated by stories ‘read’ from the artifacts by modern Inuit descendants.
This book documents the L. M. Waugh collection of early 19th century photographs of Yupik people from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, with identifications and commentary by their modern descendants.
Translated by Leonid P. Vishniatski and Boris Grudinko
Price: $22.50
ISBN: 9780967342962
Publisher: International Polar Institute
Pub Date: 2005-08-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Arctic Studies Center
236 Pages
This book by the famous Soviet archaeologist Leonid Khlobystin, describes discoveries that led to a 6,000 year culture history for the Russian High Arctic.
A Smithsonian-Mongolian expedition explores Mongolia’s Bronze Age Deer Stone culture and finds it to be the predecessor of Western Asia’s Scythian animal-style art.
Edited by Igor Krupnik, Rachel Mason and Tonia Horton
Price: $22.50
ISBN: 9780967342979
Publisher: International Polar Institute
Pub Date: 2004-08-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Arctic Studies Center
416 Pages
This book presents new thinking about cultural landscapes, past and present, in a series of papers by international experts from around the circumpolar region.
Edited by Igor Krupnik, Willis Walunga and Vera Metcalf
Price: $22.50
ISBN: 9780967342931
Publisher: International Polar Institute
Pub Date: 2004-08-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Arctic Studies Center
464 Pages
This book annotates photographs and other museum records in collaboration with Yupik people, repatriating information stored for a century to create a new, accessible Yupik-informed village history.
Celebrating Franz Boas and the Jessup North Pacific Expedition
Edited by Laurel Kendall and Igor Krupnik
Price: $22.50
ISBN: 9780967342948
Publisher: International Polar Institute
Pub Date: 2003-08-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Arctic Studies Center
364 Pages
This book documents a centennial retrospective of the famous Franz Boas North Pacific Expedition that for the first time compared the cultures, history, and trans-Beringian connections between Siberia and Alaska.
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