{"product_id":"make-prayers-to-the-raven-a-koyukon-view-of-the-northern-forest-paperback-1","title":"Make Prayers to the Raven: A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard K. Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nelson spent a year among the Koyukon people of western Alaska, studying their intimate relationship with animals and the land. His chronicle of that visit represents a thorough and elegant account of the mystical connection between Native Americans and the natural world.\"-\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This admirable reflection on the natural history of the Koyukon River drainage in Alaska is founded on knowledge the author gained as a student of the Koyukon culture, indigenous to that region. He presents these Athapascan views of the land-principally of its animals and Koyukon relationships with those creatures-together with a measured account of his own experiences and doubts. . . . For someone in search of a native American expression of 'ecology' and natural history, I can think of no better place to begin than with this work.\"-Barry Lopez, \u003ci\u003eOrion Nature \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Far from being a romantic attempt to pass on the spiritual lore of Native Americans for a quick fix by others, this is a very serious ethnographic study of some Alaskan Indians in the Northern Forest area. . . . He has painstakingly regarded their views of earth, sky, water, mammals and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. He does admire their love of nature and spirit. Those who see the world through his eyes using their eyes will likely come away with new respect for the boreal forest and those who live with it and in it, not against it.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In \u003ci\u003eMake Prayers to the Raven\u003c\/i\u003e Nelson reveals to us the Koyukon beliefs and attitudes toward the fauna that surround them in their forested\u003cbr\u003e habitat close to the lower Yukon. . . . Nelson's presentation also gives rich insights into the Koyukon subsistence cycle through the year and into the hardships of life in this northern region. The book is written with both brain and heart. . . . This book represents a landmark: never before has the integration of American Indians with their environment been so well spelled out.\"-Ake Hultkrantz, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Forest History\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9.01 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 1986\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52708574003507,"sku":"9780226571638","price":66.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OHBzbkhOSGVUQjM2N0xYNncwelhldz09_e2b760fb-dcaf-43ef-bd94-6ae78c07a74b.webp?v=1763438239","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/make-prayers-to-the-raven-a-koyukon-view-of-the-northern-forest-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}