Our Perfect Wild: Ray & Barbara Bane's Journeys and the Fate of Far North

by Kaylene Johnson, Kaylene Johnson-Sullivan, Ray Bane

Ray and Barbara Bane worked as teachers in Barrow and Wainwright, Alaska, in the early 1960s--but they didn't simply teach the children of their I upiat Eskimo and Koyukon friends and neighbors: they fully embraced their lifestyle. Doing so, they realized how closely intertwined life in the region was with the land, and, specifically, how critical wilderness was to the ancient traditions and wisdom that undergirded the Native way of life. That slow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602232784
• ISBN13: 9781602232785
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: University of Alaska Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"