Those interested in learning more about Alaska and Alaska Native culture can find resources at Alaska House and online. Alaska House has a small reference library, open to the public, with books on topics such as specific cultures, art and history. Please feel free to browse the books in our library while sitting on our couch or in one of our comfortable armchairs.
Several allies in Alaska also offer helpful reference information:
Alaska Dispatch
Alaska Native Arts Foundation
Alaska Federation of Natives
Alaskool: Alaska Native Studies Curriculum and Teacher Development
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Resource Center
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
Alaska Native Language Center
These books will allow you to gain in-depth knowledge of Alaska Native culture and history:
50 Miles from Tomorrow by Willie Hensley
The Native People of Alaska by Steve J. Langdon
Art and Eskimo Power by Lael Morgan
Alaska Native Ways: What the Elders Have Taught Us by Will Mayo
Yuuyaraq:The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon
Words of the Real People by Anne Fienup-Riordan
Alaska Native Arts and Crafts by Alaska Geographic
Alaska Native Art: Tradition, Innovation and Continuity by Susan W. Fair and Jean Blodgett
Growing Up Native in Alaska by Alexandra J. McClanahan