Anóoshi Lingít Aaní Ká, Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804

by Nora Marks Dauenhauer (Editor), Richard Dauenhauer (Editor), Lydia T. Black (Editor)

Including Russian historical documents, travelers' accounts of informal interactions between the formerly warring parties after the battles, and Dr. W. Schuhmacher's work on the role played by British and American skippers, this book inquires into and provides some answer to the fundamental question, Who owns history? Photographs of objects now in Russian and American museums enrich the book, along with portraits of key historical figures and eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century charts of Tlingit territory. Also included is the journal of Dmitrii Tarkhanov, a gazetteer, a glossary, Tlingit and Russian name lists, and an index.

Genres: History, American History

560 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2008

Reviews

[Ken · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a very detailed look at the relations between the Russians and the Tlinget at this time period. The authors were able to use Native sources as well as Russian, American and European works to put together the story of what happened at this major Russian -American Company's trading post, Sitka. The posts destruction and its later rebuilding culminated a great deal of negotiating between The Russians and the local moiety of the Tlinget.
The authors cover life and trade on the Northwest American coast. Trade was very active between Russian, English and American traders and the various tribes of the region and the effect of this trade on the native peoples of the region.