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The Performance of Body, Space, and Place: Creating Indigenous Performance

Alternate Title
Healing Collective Trauma: Using Sociodrama and Drama Therapy
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Thomas Riccio
Discusses strategies and exercises used to promote individual and community healing. Chapter seven from Healing Collective Trauma: Using Sociodrama and Drama Therapy edited by Eva Leveton.
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Petroglyphs in Southeastern Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George T. Emmons
American Anthropologist, vol. 10, no. 2, New Series, April-June 1908, pp. 221-230
Tlingit petroglyphs on the islands of the Alexander archipelago.
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Physical Activity Patterns of American Indian and Alaskan Native People Living in Alaska and the Southwestern United States

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diana Redwood
Mary C. Schumacher
Anne P. Lanier
Elizabeth D. Ferucci
Elvin Asay ... [et al.]
American Journal of Health Promotion, vol. 23, no. 6, July 2009, pp. 388-395
Study looks at engagement in various physical activities showing that gender, income, age, and education affect levels.
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Physician and Nurse Perspectives on Implementation of Universal Adult HIV Screening Guidelines in the Indian Health Service: Results of a Randomized Survey

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brigg Reilley
John T. Redd
Scott Giberson
Juanita K Lee
Don Haverkamp
James Cheek
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, vol. 16, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 450-456
Survey results of four facilities, which implemented HIV screening on persons 13 to 65 years old, concluded that more information and training is needing on HIV screening guidelines, execution of strategies and state regulations.
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Pitka's Point

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Conley Stone McAnally
Whispering Wind, vol. 34, no. 5, September-October 2004, pp. 24-[?]
Takes a look at Pitka Point's school and teachers.
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Playing in the Digital Qargi: Iñupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Inŋitchuŋa

Alternate Title
Playing in the Digital Qargi: Inupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Innitchuna
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine Meloche
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 1-21
Article considers the online platform used in the game Kisima Inŋitchuŋa (Never Alone) as a “place” where people gather and examines the ways that Inuit culture, values and sovereignty are taught and engaged with in those spaces.
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Point Hope. An Eskimo Village in Transition

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
T. F. S. McFeat
Arctic, vol. 16, no. 1, March 1963, pp. 76-78
Book review of: Point Hope. An Eskimo Village in Transition by James W. VanStone. Kobuk River People by J. L. Giddings.
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Serum of the Siberian Yupik People from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David O. Carpenter
Anthony P. DeCaprio
David O'Hehir
Farooq Akhtar
Glenn Johnson
Ronald J. Scrudato
Lucy Apatiki
Jane Kava
et al
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 64, no. 4, 2005, pp. 322-335
A study to determine serum levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Siberian Yupik adults.
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Potential Future Studies on the Nutritional Status Among Indigenous Peoples in Alaska and the Russian Far East: Preliminary Assessment of the Social Transition in the North Data Set

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kari J. Hamrick
Janell Smith
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 1, 2004, pp. 43-48
Survey findings revealed that American respondents perceive themselves as healthier, consuming more of their food intake as subsistence protein.
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The Potential of a Culturally Based Supplemental Mathematics Curriculum to Improve the Mathematics Performance of Alaska Native and Other Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellen Eliason Kisker
Jerry Lipka
Barbara L. Adams
Anthony Rickard
Dora Andrew-Ihrke ... [et al.]
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, vol. 43, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 75-113
Looks at two second grade modules teaching math in a cultural context: Picking Berries and Going to Egg Island.
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The Power and Peril of “Vulnerability”: Approaching Community Labels with Caution in Climate Change Research

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bethany Haalboom
David C. Natcher
Arctic, vol. 65, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 319-327
Argues that applying the term may result in assumptions and policy interventions which cause more problems than they solve. Looks at issues in terms of relocation policy, wildlife management, and Indigenous identities.
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Preliminary Study of the Western Gwich'in Bands

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adeline Peter Raboff
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 1-25
Identifies the K'iitl'it Gwich'in people and separates them from the Di'haii Gwich'in people.
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Prenatal Alcohol Exposure among Alaska Native/American Indian Infants

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Burhan A. Khan
Renee F. Robinson
Julie J. Smith
Denise A. Dillard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 20973
Survey findings indicate that prevention programmes appear to be having positive impacts on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) rates
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