Alaska

Summary reveals that sustainable funding is a critical component in maintaining continuous quality improvement.

Includes definition of the term human trafficking, common identifiers of those at risk, primary needs of victims, summaries of information gathered from service organizations, law enforcement, and public hearings, testimony and comments. Thirteen recommendations are made in the areas of prevention, assistance to victims, and amendments to legislation.

Statistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas A & M University, 1999.

Examines the mental health disparities of Indigenous people and discusses the need for traditional healing and caretaking practices.

[Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2004.

Language and Literacy Project towards (M.Ed)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2008.

Examines shape-shifting, soul loss, spirit travel, animal identity spirit and mixing of Christian ideas and Inuit cosmologies.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Toledo, 1997.

Resource and technical assistance document to provide a setting within which all parties and agencies serving Indian children can discuss the new child support enforcement authorities in the technical amendments to the Welfare Reform Act.

Describes study of successful graduates' pre-school through postsecondary educational experiences as factors contributing to positive outcomes.

Study findings indicate that the increase in prescribing of antimicrobials corresponded with increased resistance and points to the need to prescribe only when necessary.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2014.

Author describes different types of Koyukon traditional stories and their role in the in the spiritual and storytelling practices of the people; summarizes four stories and discusses the themes they share related to acquiring shamanistic power.

Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1981

Proposes a project to introduce traditional Alaskan music and dance into the classroom with redesigned textbooks and curriculum materials.

Discusses two ideas that influenced Subarctic prehistory; that the Subarctic was not a center for social change and that the environment was excessively austere.

Discusses how the styles of wildlife management and approaches to economic development are linked.

Discusses idea that failure to consider subsistence economies has caused a crisis in Alaska and talks about lessons learned.

Looks at economic opportunities that support traditional food gathering activities.

Examines the concept of successful aging from an Alaska Native perspective that is designated when an individual has demonstrated wisdom because of the experiences he or she has gained throughout life.

Sums up the success of a four year intervention study that revealed health screening, combined with counseling, results in significant improvements of risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Alaskan Eskimos.

Shows how the economic, social and cultural environment contributes strongly to risk levels in a community.

Review of current literature dealing with the differences between rates of occurrence in the general population and Alaska Native people.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Chicago, 1989.

Out of a survey of 99 Inuit, aged 14-25 years of age, 34% of respondents reported a previous suicide attempt.

Provides a summary of suicide by Greenland and Alaska Indigenous youth and how social determinants can effect those numbers. Chapter in Children and Youth in Greenland - An Anthology edited by W Kahlig & N Banerjee

Looks at finding causes of increased suicide rates in youth and the importance of keeping quality, useful data.

Looks at a cultural prevention program for rural Yup’ik youth in Alaska that specifically targets suicide and alcohol abuse.

Educational Leadership Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Sarasota, 1999.

Book review of: A Summary of Archaeology in the Katmai Region, Southwestern Alaska by D. E. Dumond.

Book review of: Sun Dogs and Eagle Down by Steven C. Brown and Lloyd J. Averill. To access this review, scroll to page 122.

Identifies lack of trust, lack of feedback on surveillance and gaps in coordination of activities as effecting participation in monitoring diseases.

Describes a project comparing the living conditions of people in 13 Arctic regions within seven countries.

Abstracts and selected papers. Topics were grouped in four areas: global food policy and food safety issues; food production and economic development; food production and sustainable practices; and global perspectives in advancing food security in the Circumpolar world.

Concludes that reliance on imported foods is due to historical events and developmental processes which are continually influenced by environmental and socioeconomic factors.

Found that while physical factors were important, the strongest deterrents to engaging in agricultural production were socioeconomic.

Overview of field-based, policy and social solutions which are being proposed or have been put into place.

Analysis of situation in Russia, Norway, Finland, Alaska, and Sweden for Sami herders in terms of management systems, economic efficiency, external conditions, and legislation. Summary Report.

Analysis of situation in Russia, Norway, Finland, Alaska, and Sweden for Sami herders in terms of management systems, economic efficiency, external conditions, and legislation. Full Report.

Book review of: Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims, 1960-1971 by Donald Craig Mitchell

First short story by Cherokee author about the myths and legends of Taku Inlet people of Alaska. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2003.

Original published in series: Archives of the International Folklore Association, Vol. II

Book review of: Tales of Ticasukcollected and written by Emily Ivanoff Brown "Ticasuk".

Discusses magical tattooing, medicinal tattooing, tattooing women, and traditional techniques.