Native Libraries: Cross-Cultural Conditions in the Circumpolar Countries

Survey of library services and development for Indigenous populations in Canada, the United States, Russia, Greeenland, and Scandinavia. Contents: Preservation and Continuity of Heritage: A Sampler The Subsistence vs. the Capitalist Culture: Subarctic Eskimos Oral and Written Traditions, Literacy, and the Native Orthographies Urbanization, Modernization, and the Migration to Cities Multiculturalism and Biculturalism: Native Library Progress in Canada and Greenland Imperial Russia, Revolutionary Russia, and "Russia Reborn": Will Libraries Benefit Northern Nationalities? Russian Source Notes on Bibliography Reading List A Potpourri: Culture Shock, the Author's Background, Multicultural Librarianship Jobs and Library Education vs. Native Communities App. A. Article "Village Libraries, Native Style," from Alaska Native Magazine