Alaska
Harm Reduction Toolkit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Alaska Tribal Health Consortium HIV/STD Prevention Program?]
Description
Developed to address substance-related harms such HIV, Hepatitis C and overdose in rural Alaska communities. Includes information on drugs and stigmas associated with use, definition of harm reduction, best principles and practices, instructions on using the toolkit and advice on educating staff.
Healing the "Unhealthy Native:" Encounters With Standards-Based Education in Rural Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy E. Jester
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 41, no. 3, Special Issue, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Analysis of one school district's educational reform initiative to improve the academic standing of its students.
Health and Health Care of Alaska Native Older Adults
Alternate Title
Ethno Med
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathleen Graves
Rosellen Rosich
Melen McBride
George Charles
James LaBelle
Description
Curriculum module designed to give healthcare providers an understanding of specific cultural, racial, ethnic and tribal influences on wellbeing of elders. Topics include information about the population, patterns of health risk, culturally appropriate doctor-patient communication and assessment, access and utilization of healthcare, and instructional strategies.
Health Aspects of Arctic Exploration: Alaska's Medical History Based on the Research Files of Dr. Robert Fortuine
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Murray
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2, p. article no. 21264
Description
Brief article describes 10 of Dr. Fortuine's most significant publications out of the134 articles he published during his career.
Health Care Utilisation Changes among Alaska Native Adults After Participation in an Indigenous Community Programme to Address Adverse Life Experiences: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis
Alternate Title
Health Care Utilization Changes among Alaska Native Adults After Participation in an Indigenous Community Program to Address Adverse Life Experiences: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lily Ray
Bobbi Outten
Katherine Gottlieb
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1705048, December 20, 2019
Description
Study examines participation in Family Wellness Warriors Initiative (FWWI) and whether it changes how Indigenous Alaskans use healthcare services. FWWI participants showed a 36% reduction in total system visits, a 70% reduction in substance use visits, and a 40% reduction in emergency department visits.
Healthy Nations: Reducing Substance Abuse in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Noe
Candace Fleming
Spero Manson
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing in Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 15-25
Description
Discusses the Healthy Nations Initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which focuses on early prevention, intervention, pubic awareness and cultural values.
Healthy Native Community Fellowship: An Indigenous Leadership Program to Enhance Community Wellness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Rae
Marita Jones
Alexis J. Handal
Marge Bluehorse-Anderson
Shelley Frazier
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, Social Determinants of Indigenous Well-Being: Building a More Complete Understanding, October 2016, pp. 1-32
Description
Looks at The Healthy Native Communities Fellowship (HNCF) program which is a mentorship and leadership program that is strengths based.
Heart Disease Mortality among Alaska Native People, 1981-2007
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet M. Johnston
Gretchen Ehrsam Day
Mark A. Veazie
Ellen Provost
Public Health Reports , vol. 126, no. 1, January/February 2011, pp. 73-83
Description
Compares Alaska Native (AN) and U.S. White (USW) population by gender, age and disease subtype.
Heart Rate is Associated With Markers of Fatty Acid Desaturation: The GOCADAN Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sven O.E. Eggesson
Juan C. Lopez-Alvarenga
Peter M. Okin
Richard B. Devereux
Maria Elizabeth Tejero ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 17343
Description
Results indicated that Heart Rate (HR) is associated with fatty acid (FA) saturation.
Helmet Use among Alaskan Children Involved in Off-Road Motorized Vehicle Crashes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher W. Snyder
Oliver J. Muensterer
Frank Sacco
Shawn D. Safford
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 25191
Description
Compares helmet use between Native and non-Native children and assesses the impact on injury patterns and outcomes.
Hene'enovohostotse (Learning)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Littlebear
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 3, Global Indigenous Higher Education, Spring, 2015
Description
Discusses commonalities and experiences in Alaskan, New Zealand and Hawaiian schools.
Hepatitis C Diagnoses in an American Indian Primary Care Population
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hillary E. Norton
John T. Redd
Ralph T. Bryan
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, vol. 3, no. 2, 2009, pp. 59-66
Description
Goals of study were to differentiate diagnoses of infection, determine the comprehensiveness of patient assessment and treatment, and identify patient care in need of improvement.
Hepatitis C in Pregnant American Indian and Alaska Native Women; 2003-2015
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leisha D. Nolen
John C. O’Malley
Sara S. Seeman
Dana J. T. Bruden
Andria Apostolou
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article uses data from the data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to investigate a rise in Hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence in pregnant women. Advocates for screening and prevention education in communities with especially high rates of infection.
A High-Resolution Chronology for the Cape Krusenstern Site Complex, Northwest Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelby L. Anderson
Adam K. Freeburg
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 50, no. 1, 2013, pp. [49]-71
Description
Results from 151 new radiocarbon samples indicate that many sites were occupied for longer periods of time than previously thought.
High School Literature: Book 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sealaska Heritage Institute
Alan King
Description
Lessons centred around First Russians as told by Charlie White; Kaats' as told by J.B. Fawcett; Raven, the Rock, and the King Salmon as told by James Klanott; and The Coming of the First White Man as told by George Betts.
Higher Education in the Fourth World: Indigenous People Take Control
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ray Barnhardt
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 18, no. 2, 1991, pp. 199-231
Description
An overview of post-secondary programs designed to address the creation of more culturally relevant Indigenous controlled educational initiatives.
Historic Archaeology and Ethnohistory at Healy Lake, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John P. Cook
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 2, Current Perspectives on Western Boreal Forest Life: Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research in Late , June 1989, pp. 109-118
Description
Looks at the prehistory of the upper Tanana Valley by looking at Healy Lake Village using source records, photographs, oral history from descendants of the trader who owned a post near the village, and ethnographic information from fieldwork.
The Historical Roots of a Frontier Alcohol Culture: Alaska and Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Ehrlander
Northern Review, no. 32, Spring, 2010, pp. 63-103
Description
Discusses the linkage between the frontier culture and alcohol abuse, and the higher rates of consumption among Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals in Alaska and Northern Canada.
History, Law, and Policy as a Foundation for Health Care Delivery for American Indian and Alaska Native Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith Thierry
George Brenneman
Everett Rhoades
Lance Chilton
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1539-1559
Description
Historical overview of treaty obligations and the link to health care.
History of an Under-Ice Subsistence Fishery For Arctic Cisco and Least Cisco in the Colville River, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence L. Moulton
Brent Seavey
Jerry Pausanna
Arctic, vol. 63, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 381-390
Description
Study reports the increased trend of subsistence fishing of anadromous fish during the 20 year period monitored.
A History of Schooling For Alaska Native People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Barnhardt
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 40, no. 1, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Recounts, with an Alaskan context, historical events and trends that have shaped educational policies and practices.
History of the Naukan Yupik Eskimo Dictionary With Implications for a Future Siberian Yupik Dictionary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven A. Jacobson
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la langue et les savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 149-161
Description
Describes the efforts required to produce two parallel volumes of the Naukan dictionary reflecting Latin and Cyrillic lettering.
Holistic Approach to Resolving American Indian/Alaska Native Health Care Disparities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie S. Eschiti
Journal of Holistic Nursing, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 200-208
Description
Examines the health care disparities in the American Indian/Alaska Native communities and looks at a proposed holistic approach to diminishing these disparities.
The Holmberg Collection of Skin Clothing from Kodiak Island at the National Museum of Denmark
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Lisbeth Schmidt
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 117-136
Description
Author describes the collection of artifacts and clothing amassed by Finnish scientist Henrik Johan Holmberg during an 1851 expedition, and how that collection was purchased by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen for the Museum of Northern Antiquities and is now part of a large collection of skin clothing made by circumpolar Indigenous peoples.
Homecoming for the Totem Poles
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Kinzer
UNESCO Courier, vol. 54, no. 4, April 2001, pp. 28-29
Description
Law change in United States provides for artifacts to be returned by museums and federal agencies to their original tribal owners.
Entire issue on one pdf to access article scroll to p. 28.
Homelessness across Alaska, the Canadian North and Greenland: A Review of the Literature on a Developing Social Phenomenon in the Circumpolar North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julia Christensen
Steven Arnfjord
Sally Carraher
Travis Hedwig
Arctic, vol. 70, no. 4, December 2017, pp. [349]-364
Description
Compares scope and depth of literature developed within the three geographic areas, identifies key themes from findings, highlight gaps, and suggests areas for further investigation.