hunting

Details the effects of westward expansion on the Plains Indian Nations who followed the seasonal migrations of buffalo herds.

The author and his identical twin brother, Eske, went on an expedition in 1993 to northeastern Siberia with a group of researchers and a film crew to study the Yukaghirs, an indigenous group of hunters who live in the northern part of the Russian Republic of Sakha. The Yukaghuirs live remotely and are the earliest indigenous people known to live in northeastern Sibera. Their language has no evident link to any other known language group. They also have never domesticated animals as a food source and survive exclusively by hunting and trading furs, mostly sable. Their life is hard in post-Soviet Russia and they are underpaid and are unable to get crucial deliveries of food, weapons, and ammunition. The author wished to help and wanted to organize the Yukaghir hunters into a cooperative society. The author's project did not go as planned.

Describes the early fur trade in the New World and discusses its influence on North American history.

Depicts the central importance of the buffalo in the life of the Plains Indians by tracing a year in the cycle of hunting, herding, and deriving products and food from the buffalo.

The author provides an account of the year he spent with the Hadzabe tribe, discussing his experiences as a participant in the lifestyle of the last hunters and gatherers still pursuing a traditional life in East Africa.

Traces the history of the dependence of the American Indians on the buffalo from prehistoric times to the twentieth century.

James, who lives in the small town on Tuktoyuktuk in the Northwest Territories, goes on a trip with his daughter Rebecca to harvest beluga whales.

A ten-year-old Eskimo (Inupiat) boy who lives far north of the Arctic Circle describes his family's annual spring trip to their camp, where they hunt and fish for food to supplement their diet for the rest of the year and enjoy old traditions.

Examines the importance of the buffalo in the lore and day-to-day life of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains and describes hunting methods and the uses found for each part of the animal that could not be eaten.