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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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Prevalence of Self-Reported Suicidal Thoughts in SLiCA: The Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic (SLiCA)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Ragnhild Broderstad
Bent-Martin Eliassen
Marita Melhus
Global Health Action, vol. 4, no. s1, Vulnerable Populations in the Arctic, 2011, p. article 10226
Compares data collected from Alaska, Sweden, Norway and Greenland and concludes that Swedish respondents had less suicidal thoughts than those in the other countries.
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Preventing Diabetes in American Indian Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William C. Knowler
Ronald T. Ackermann
Diabetes Care, vol. 36, no. 7, July 2013, pp. 1820-1822
Discusses the success of translating diabetes prevention research findings into clinical practice in remote and disadvantaged areas.
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Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Damage in Northern Native Communities: A Practical School-Based Approach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Jacquier
Judith Kleinfeld
David Gilliam
Northern Review, no. 32, Spring, 2010, pp. 35-61
Describes a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention program in lab mice that had a significant effect on increasing Alaska Native students comprehension of the negative impacts of drinking during pregnancy.
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Problems of Human Ecology in the North American Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Lantis
Arctic, vol. 7, no. 3 & 4, 1954, pp. 321-335
Recommends increasing studies on population size, trends and vital statistics, way of life and technological change, economic change, resettlement, health service, and Christianity.
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Promoting Community Conversations about Research to End Suicide: Learning and Behavioural Outcomes of a Training-of-Trainers Model to Facilitate Grassroots Community Health Education to Address Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Wexler
Lucas Trout
Suzanne Rataj
Tanya Kirk
Roberta Moto ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1345277
Evaluates training of intervention facilitators in Northwest Alaska to develop local capacity for early response to suicide care.
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Promoting Culturally Respectful Cancer Education Through Digital Storytelling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melany Cueva
Regina Kuhnley
Anne Lanier
Mark Dignan
Laura Revels ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 34-49
Looks at using digital storytelling as a way to combine storytelling traditions with modern technology for promoting both individual and community health.
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Protective Factors of Native Youth: Findings from a Self-Report Survey in Rural Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa M. Wexler
Hang T. Dam
Katie Silvius
Janet Mazziotti
Ife Bamikole
Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, 2016, pp. 358-373
Study looked at youth's perceived internal and external assets, and evaluated how different factors related to gender, age, and community size. Three hundred and fifty-five adolescents participated.
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Proto-Athapaskan-Eyak and the Problem of Na-Dene: The Phonology

Alternate Title
Proto-Athapaskan-Eyak and the Problem of Na-Déné: The Phonology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael E. Krauss
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 30, no. 2, April 1964, pp. 118-128
Problem of Na-Déné complexity in the rescontruction of the ancient proto-Athapaskan language.
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Pugtallgutkellriit: Developing Researcher Identities in a Participatory Action Research Collaborative

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabine Siekmann
Joan Parker Webster
Sally Angass'aq Samson
Catherine Keggutailnguq Moses
Panigkaq Agatha John-Shields ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 1/2, Spring/Summer, 2019, pp. 124-146

Examines a collaborative effort by Indigenous graduate students and non-Indigenous professors on Indigenous community research.

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Qaneryaramta Egmiucia: Continuing Our Language

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Walkie Charles
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 107-111
Comments on a successful program that returned the Yup'ik language into the classroom.
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Qayaq. Kayaks of Alaska and Siberia

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David W. Zimmerly
Paul Gardinier
Arctic, vol. 55, no. 1, March 2002, p. 94
Book review of: QAYAQ : Kayaks of Alaska and Siberia by David W. Zimmerly and Paul Gardinier.
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Qugax̂: An Ethnoscience Analysis of Ancient Unangax̂

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Livingston
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 2, 2016, pp. 81-92
Analyzes archival material written at first contact in an attempt to reconstruct how Aleutians might have used spiritual beliefs to safeguard themselves during encounters with potentially aggressive or violent strangers.
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Radiocesium in Carbou and Reindeer in Northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland from 1958 to 2000

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colin R. Macdonald
Brett T. Elkin
Bliss L. Tracy
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 93, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 1-25
Summarizes the trends and areas of fallout in Canada, Alaska and Greenland. Tracks concentrations in the Caniapiscau herd of central Québec and discusses the potential impact on health.
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