Date of Award
5-17-2007
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
The Kandik Map drawn in 1880 by Yukon Indian Paul Kandik and annotated by French Canadian fur trader François Mercier and U.S. Census Agent Ivan Petroff is a unique record in the documentary history of Northwestern North America. It traces the Yukon, Tanana, and Kuskokwim Rivers from their headwaters to the Pacific, showing trading posts, trails, and place names in several Athabascan languages, as well as French and English. As one of the oldest maps of the Alaska-Yukon borderlands it documents indigenous knowledge and the dynamic cultural exchange between Native residents and non-native newcomers along the Yukon River prior to the Klondike Gold Rush. Using oral traditions, archival and published sources, this thesis examines the significance and meanings of the map from 1880 to the present. The original map is preserved at The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Linda R., "The Kandik map: cultural exchange along the Yukon River" (2007). Arctic and Northern Studies. 11.
https://ualaska.researchcommons.org/uaf_grad_arctic_northern/11
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11122/5800