Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. About the Authors ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Timeline 13
7. Art, Culture, and Humanities
8. Chapter 1 Alaska Native Art 17
9. Chapter 2 Literary Alaska 35
10. Chapter 3 Language, Tradition, and Art 69
11. Chapter 4 Sounds of Alaska 85
12. Chapter 5 An Empowered Future 129
13. Law, Economy, and Politics
14. Chapter 6 Inherent in the People 137
15. Chapter 7 Alaska’s Constitution 147
16. Chapter 8 Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Alaska Court System 159
17. Chapter 9 Alaska's Generational Passage 171
18. Chapter 10 Natural Resources 191
19. Environment, People, and Place
20. Chapter 11 The Future of Alaska's Villages 209
21. Chapter 12 A Journey to What Matters 221
22. Chapter 13 On the Importance of History, American and Alaskan 239
23. Chapter 14 The University of Alaska at 50 247
24. Chapter 15 In the Beginning 259
25. Index 271