List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Reading Tiger Burch; Foreword by Igor Krupnik; Preface by Jim Dau; Acknowledgments; Part II: Caribou Herds of Northwest Alaska; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Caribou versus Reindeer; Chapter 3. Predators; Chapter 4. The Western District; Chapter 5. The Northern District; Chapter 6. The Reindeer Era; Synopsis of Chapter 6; Synopsis of Chapter 7; Part III: Postscripts; Postscript by David R. Klein; A Life Well Lived, A Story Well Told by Polly Wheeler.
Appendix 1: Memorandum (E.S. Burch Jr. to Bockstoce, Dau, Hill, Krupnik, and Pratt, February 26, 2010)Appendix 2: Ecoregions of Northwest Alaska by E.S. Burch Jr; Appendix 3: Historical Sources by Ernest S. Burch Jr.; Appendix 4: Sources of Information by Ernest S. Burch Jr.; Appendix 5: Notes on the Consumption of Caribou at Herschel Island During the Whaling Era by E.S. Burch Jr.; Abbreviations; Works Cited; Index.