Alaska

Overview of the UN Declaration includes topics of Aboriginal treaty rights, women’s rights, rights to education and employment, rights to self-determination, and rights to land.

Study corroborated cases of active tuberculosis that were noted in the Indian Health Service (IHS) National Patient Information Reporting System (NPIRS) and evaluated reporting protocol to the state health departments.

Leadership and Change Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch University, 2014.

Examination of artifacts that have both Thule and Dorset characteristics.

Brief updates on developments on negotiations, judgments and court cases including Gitskan and Wet'suwet'en land title claim, aftermath of Oka conflict, James Bay controversy and more.

Analyzes the evolution of and the differences between two Native American communities.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--California State University, Long Beach, 1997.

Discusses how storytelling can help with cultural and personal identity and other benefits.

Study examined pre-adolescent use of harmful but legally obtainable substances in four communities in northwest and southeast Alaska.

Nursing Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 2001.

Looks at lead shot used for hunting in regions of Alaska, and the route of human lead exposure in susceptible populations.

Investigates traditional Iñupiaq method of combating soil erosion.

Provides successful examples of schools using teaching strategies which incorporate Native culture, language and teachers.

Study aimed to increase number of individuals able to understand their HIV status through preventative educational presentation and one-on-one counseling.

Examines the practice of using driftwood in the construction of stilt housing.

Study revealed that combined statistical evidence allowed for more precise intervention programs to be developed by geographical region.

Discusses the manner in which environmental remediation funding from the Exxon Valdeztanker spill in 1989 impacted the local communities.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 1986.

Purpose of research was to examine needs of existing businesses, challenges faced by prospective owners and make recommendations to facilitate increase in number and diversity of enterprises. Access to Volume II. Access to Volume III.

Provides information about business history and management, economic and community impact, and challenges and lessons learned for 23 businesses. Access to Volume I. Access to Volume III.

Information about sources of data for the study. Access to Volume I. Access to Volume II.

Workbook and resource guide provides examples, narratives and discussion questions to target law services for the community.

Research project concludes that healthcare tobacco cessation messaging should include e-cigarettes.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Central Missouri State University, 2000.

Book Review of: Village Journey by Thomas R. Berger.

Study findings found villages with a VPSO generally had similar crime rates to those without. These results indicate that violent crime rates are partly a function of having a person to report a crime to.

Looks at cultural and shared beliefs, poverty, historical trauma in tribes and families, suicide, and substance abuse and treatment.

Looks at the factors that contribute to the high rates of death.

Looks at a language revitalization program in Kenai, Alaska which partners the community with the university and reports the challenges and compromises that accompany this partnership.

Study shows Eskimo children have significantly higher levels of perceptual skills than Caucasian children. Looks at factors affecting skills.

Observations of demographic changes in population dynamics in Arctic Alaska from 1990 to 2006.

Results of a two year study conducted through the Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Clinic which tested levels of the vitamin and serum glucose.

Presents of evidence about the impact of the disease on Indigenous population levels in the Northwest Coast area.

Explores whether fundamental differences exist between urban and rural vulnerability to climate-induced changes in the fire regime of interior Alaska.

Researchers explore the vulnerability of the subsistence existence in the Cup’ik village of Chevak and Yup’ik village of Kotlik; findings indicate that a high level of adaptability and ingenuity exists in these communities, but raise concerns of new barriers and vulnerabilities arising from accelerating climate change and socio-cultural changes.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Hampshire, 2011.

Educational Administration Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of South Dakota, 2010.

Study results indicated that initial closures of the facilities providing public showers, laundry and flush toilets, probably resulted in increased skin infection rates. Further study is recommended.

Presents collected data on seasonal hunting of ducks and geese.

[Cross-Cultural Studies]Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010.

Describes the American Indian and Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group, formed by tribal colleges and universities, which brought together leading scientists and elders to address climate-related problems.

Discusses scope of the problem, persistent issues such data consistency, collection and reporting, and the Alaska missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls database; concludes with recommendations and pathways forward.

A short non-fiction about driving the Alaskan highway.

Discussion of innovative ways to address adolescent reproductive health care needs.

Contends that a unilinear scheme of weapon evolution does not apply to the Northern Archaic tradition (NAT).

Discusses the evolution of Yup'ik Eskimo objects into cultural and political icons in Alaskan society.

Reports that acquiring wellness information by community health workers has the potential to empower community wellness.

Looks at an Amaknak whalebone mask which offers a look at prehistoric Aleutian ritual and spiritual life.