Alaska

Case study exemplifies a learning environment, based on embedded cultural knowledge, in which rural students thrive.

Researchers assess peer-reviewed research and government gray literature to determine the current level of knowledge regarding the effects of, and conflicts between aircrafts and traditional subsistence harvesters and their communities in Alaska. Findings indicate a data gap that will require cooperation between rural communities, aircraft users, and decision-makers. Supplementary Appendix 1 contains a table of literature search results and bibliography of the relevant literature.

Focuses on patterns and trends of cancer incidence.

Review of literature dealing with the goals of optimizing cost, accessibility, and quality at national and state level.

Book reviews of: American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Longest Walk edited by Troy Johnson, Joane Nagel, and Duane Champagne. As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity edited by William S. Penn. Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World edited by Timothy R. Pauketat and Thomas E.

Speakers discuss their background, collaboration, and the difficulties encountered when trying to locate examples of the facial tattoos historically worn by Inuit women once they had come of age. Duration: 26:48.

Contends that understanding patterns and burden of disease in AI/AN populations may contribute to the development of preventative strategies and understanding the etiology.

Examines how efforts to manage global salmon resources reinforce the concept of nation-state sovereignty.

Michael Fredericks discusses her company's philosophy and first project using a participate design concept at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Facility at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Duration: 47:37.

Argues that the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act has produced, in the case of the Kodiak Island native leaders, a transition to capitalism.

Discusses increased risk factors for women due to an increase in economic development and greater accessibility to the Arctic.

Examines issues effecting the way HIV/AIDS is spread and culturally appropriate ways of addressing the needs of this group.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1997

Discusses a brief submitted to the Supreme Court in 1997 which distorts the language from the court's 1886 United States v. Kagama decision, and disregards tribal values and traditions. Reprint from Indian Country Today.

Book review of: Rock, Water, Wild: An Alaskan Life by Nancy Lord.

Comparative analysis of the two educational teaching systems reveals that cultural traditions are preserved in unity with nature.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Alberta, 1998.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Perdue University, 1999.

Discusses the importance of core foundational beliefs and values being integrated into programs including experience, world view, community, family, relationships, respect, atmosphere and open door policy.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.

Uses data from the Alaska Occupational Surveillance System to study mortalities in the fishing industry.

[Education] Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of San Francisco, 1984.

Evon Peter speaks at a Food and Seed Sovereignty Symposium held in Tesuque, NM. Duration: 21:16.

Survey results indicate that parental teachings of traditional and cultural knowledge should play a role in curriculum development.

Includes overview of the people, their languages, dwellings and way of life, the flora and fauna and the geographic features of the Alaskan area. Extract of pages from volume 5(17) pages 254 to 263

Examines hidden cultural patterns, establishing the expression of historical thought, in Native Alaskan narratives which describe first contact with Russians. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Focuses on diary entries made by Aleksandr K. Konopatsky during the two month expedition which contain factual information, observations, expressions, and descriptions of situations that illustrate the atmosphere of joint work of scholars from the two countries.

Contends that it is safe for patients with traumatic PTX to fly prior to the recommended 14-day waiting period.

Explanation of Aleut techniques and weapons used for bird hunting.

Discusses the problematic nature of recording tales for posterity in print while remaining true to the original meaning and spirit of the oral version. The article argues that those who do so are treading a fine line between author/ethnographer. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Educational Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2006.

Discusses ideas set forth by American Indian educators in Alaska and Montana, including a set of culturally based standards to supplement the state standards, to improve education for American Indian students.

Presents a list of resources that can be used by educators to improve the teaching and learning of Native American and Alaska Native students.

Analysis of the development of permanent settlement sites and how these villages changed life.

Looks at the hazards which cause traumatic deaths and the high rate of fatalities resulting from plane crashes.

Analysis of 28 peer-reviewed primary research articles was conducted to identify qualitative and quantitative studies addressing food intake and /or one or more pillars of food security (availability, access and utilization).

Argues that routine screening for depression in Alaska village clinics, the top place in the United States for suicides, could lead to reduced depressive illness and deaths.

Bering Archaeological Expedition examines settlement pattern, bone tool manufacture, dwellings and pottery.

Examines food security research and how climate change impacts the nutrition of Indigenous peoples in northern regions.

Fictionalized narrative is based on authors' experiences working in rural communities, knowledge of substance abuse prevention programs, and discussions with residents about their needs and visions. Presents dilemmas, challenges and innovations specific to Alaska.

Examines prevention concepts including evidence of their effectiveness.

Explains that despite surface erosion, the Security Cove site in southwestern Alaska provides data on the activities of the site occupants.

Approximately 300 sources published between 1877 and 1964.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado, 2003.