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The Middle Tanana Valley in Alaska remains one of the most
important regions of the continent for archaeological research. In
The Gift of the Middle Tanana: Dene Pre-Colonial History in the
Alaskan Interior, Gerad Smith explores the history, ethnography,
and archaeological record of the Native people in this region
during the late Holocene. Smith creates an interpretive framework
informed by Alaskan Native traditions, focusing on traditional
place names and the deep-play rituals of reciprocity. Smith sets
forth the case that the local themes and oral traditions of the
potlatch are better understood not as singular ceremonial events
but as a mechanism of regional social cohesion that dictated
everyday life. The Gift of the Middle Tanana illustrates how the
role of reciprocal deep-play shaped a traditional society that has
lasted over a thousand years.
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