The Gift of the Middle Tanana: Dene Pre-Colonial History in the Alaskan Interior

In this book, Gerad Smith explores the history, ethnography, and archaeological record of the Native people living in the Middle Tanana Valley in Alaska during the late Holocene. Smith illustrates how the role of deep-play rituals of reciprocity shaped a traditional society that has lasted over a thousand years.

Gerad M. Smith is affiliate researcher in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.