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Characteristics of Successful Native Leaders

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert J. Silverman
William G. Demmert
Research on characteristics of elected Native leaders in various organizations in southeast Alaska. Results are organized using the eight assumptions for success.
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Characteristics of the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic: A New Facility Model

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosyland Frazier
Sanna Douchette
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21344
Reports on evolution of health care facilities in remote communities to provide care for extended periods.
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Chíin: Salmon

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jordan Lachler
Cherilyn Holter
Linda Schrack
Julie Folta

Science unit also teaches Haida vocabulary. Intended for use with Grades K-1.

Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.

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Child Maltreatment in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Integrating Culture, History, and Public Health for Intervention and Prevention

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lemyra DeBruyn
Michelle Chino
Patricia Serna
Lynne Fullerton-Gleason
Child Maltreatment, vol. 6, no. 2, May 2001, pp. 89-102
Looks at intervention and prevention focusing on population and individual level risk and protective factors. Includes suggestions.
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The Chilkat Blanket

Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 3, pt. 4
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 3. Anthropology ; v. 2
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
George T. Emmons
Franz Boas
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 3 (p. 329-404).
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The Chinook Jargon, Past and Present

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rena V. Grant
California Folklore Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, October 1944, pp. 259-276
Looks at how the Chinook Jargon developed into international speech among the people of Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska.
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Chinook Sad Song in Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard Shotridge
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2005, p. 115
Poetry by Alaskan Tlingit poet and graduate of Haskell Indian Nations University. Entire issue on one pdf. To access issue, scroll to page 115.
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Circumpolar Indigeneity in Canada, Russia, and the United States (Alaska): Do Differences Result in Representational Challenges for the Arctic Council?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evgeniia Sidorova
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 71-81
Examines the different definitions of Indigeneity used by the different nation-states in the Arctic regions. Finds that Russian definitions exclude large Indigenous groups (Sakha & Komi) and shows that not all Arctic Indigenous groups are included in the Arctic Council.
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Clearing the Path: Metaphors to Live by in Yup'ik Eskimo Oral Tradition

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Fienup-Riordan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter, 1994, pp. 61-70
Discusses the role of reoccurring themes and metaphors in the traditional stories of the Yup’ik people by comparing two different narratives “The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals” and “The Girl Who Returned from the Dead.”
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Climate Change Health Assessment: A Novel Approach for Alaska Native Communities

Alternate Title
Climate Health Assessment for Alaska Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Y. Brubaker
Jacob N. Bell
James E. Berner
John A. Warren
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 3, 2011, pp. 266-273
Assessment involved four steps: scoping to describe local conditions, surveying to collect data, analysis, and planning. Goal was to improve response capacity of vulnerable communities.
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Climate-Induced Displacement of Alaska Native Communities

Alternate Title
Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin Bronen

Gives an overview of climate change in Alaska and discusses its impact on rural villages, climate risks in eight communities, communities requiring complete relocation, and governments' responses.

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Clocking the First Americans

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David J. Meltzer
Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 24, October 1995, pp. 21-45
Issues raised in the debate over the possibility of Pre-Clovis peoples as the first North Americans.
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Collaborative Museum Research With Yu'pik Elders

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Biddison
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la langue et les savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 341-344
Reviews of two books: Yu'pik Elders at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin: Fieldwork Turned on Its Head by Ann Fienup-Rirodan. Ciuliamta Akluit: Things of Our Ancestors by Marie Mead and Ann Fienup-Rirodan.
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Communicating Through Play, Interacting Through Games

Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virginie Vaté
Céline Petit
Marie-Amélie Salabelle
Compares three case studies which show how games play a central role in different areas of the North. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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Community-Based Participatory Research Projects and Policy Engagement to Protect Environmental Health on St Lawrence Island, Alaska

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pamela K. Miller
Viola Waghiyi
Gretchen Welfinger-Smith
Samuel Carter Byrne
Jane Kava
Jesse Gologergen
Lorraine Eckstein
Ronald Scrudato
Jeff Chiarenzelli
David O Carpenter
Samarys Seguinot-Medina
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21656
Findings from a series of exposure assessments indicate the presence of carcinogenic chemicals is cause for concern by local community leaders.
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Community Dissemination in a Tribal Health Setting: A Pharmacogenetics Case Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie A. Beans
Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka
Charlene R. Apok
Karen Caindec
Denise A. Dillard
and Renee F. Robinson
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 25, no. 1, Special Issue, 2018, pp. 80-94
Reports on audience feedback about Power Point presentation on research results.
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Community-Focused Language Documentation in Support of Language Education and Revitalization for St.Lawrence Island Yupik

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lane Schwartz
Sylvia L.R. Schreiner
Emily Chen
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 291-311

Examines a collaborative effort by computational linguistics with language revitalization and documentation projects to preserve the St. Lawrence Island Yupik language. 

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Comparative Baseline Levels of Mercury, Hsp 70 and Hsp 60 in Subsistence Fish From the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region of Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence K. Duffy
Erica Scofield
Tauni Rodgers
Molly Patton
R. Terry Bowyer
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Endocrinology, vol. 124, no. 2, October 1999, pp. 181-186
Reports the mercury levels in five subsistence fish, northern pike, burbot, whitefish, grayling and sheefish, from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta region of Alaska.
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[Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan Dictionary]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Steven A. Jacobson
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la langue et les savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 356-360
Book review of: Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan Dictionary by Michael Forescue.
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A Comparative Review of Circumpolar Health Systems

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kue Young
Kathryn Anderson
Gregory Marchildon
Susan Chatwood
Peter Bjerregaard ... [et al.]
Circumpolar Health Supplements, no. 9, 2012
Describes and compares health care systems in the northern regions of the Arctic countries.
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