How We Survived

Alaska Native Oral Traditions of Subsistence, Shelter, and Survival

A comprehensive gathering of traditional knowledge from eight Alaska Native tribes, organized by survival need. Learn how the Iñupiaq mastered Arctic cold, how the Yup'ik harvested salmon rivers, how the Athabascan read the boreal forest, and how each people turned an impossible environment into home.

How We Survived

What's Inside

This assembled guide preserves the traditional knowledge of:

Eight Alaska Native tribes with complete survival teachings

Water, shelter, hunting, preservation, and forage knowledge

Direct quotes from tribal elders recorded across decades

Over 80 pages of traditional knowledge and oral history

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