Caribou Herds of Northwest Alaska, 1850-2000
Distributed for University of Alaska Press
In his final, major publication Ernest S. “Tiger” Burch Jr. reconstructs the distribution of caribou herds in northwest Alaska using data and information from research conducted over the past several decades as well as sources that predate western science by more than one hundred years. Additionally, he explores human and natural factors that contributed to the demise and recovery of caribou and reindeer populations during this time. Burch provides an exhaustive list of published and unpublished literature and interviews that will intrigue laymen and experts alike. The unflinching assessment of the roles that humans and wolves played in the dynamics of caribou and reindeer herds will undoubtedly strike a nerve. Supplemental essays before and after the unfinished work add context about the author, the project of the book, and the importance of both.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part I: Reading Tiger Burch
Foreword by Igor Krupnik
Preface by Jim Dau
Acknowledgments
Part II: Caribou Herds of Northwest Alaska
1. Introduction
2. Caribou versus Reindeer
3. Predators
4. The Western District
5. The Northern District
6. The Reindeer Era
Synopsis of Chapter 6
Synopsis of Chapter 7
Part III: Postscripts
Postscript by David R. Klein
A Life Well Lived, A Story Well Told by Polly Wheeler
Appendix 1: Memorandum (E. S. Burch Jr. to Bockstoce, Dau, Hill, Krupnik, and Pratt, February 26, 2010)
Appendix 2: Ecoregions of Northwest Alaska
Appendix 3: Historical Sources
Appendix 4: Sources of Information
Appendix 5: Notes on the Consumption of Caribou at Herschel Island During the Whaling Era
Abbreviations
Works Cited
Index
Anthropology: General Anthropology
Biological Sciences: Natural History
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