Alaska

Clinical Psychology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 1998.

Describes how qualitative data from 18 key informants, used to identify elements of successful case management, were employed to improve client level outcomes.

Comparative study reveals variance in levels of contaminants dependent on location.

Education and Human Development Thesis (Ed.D.)--George Washington University, 1996.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1992.

Case study follow-up to randomized control trial to better understand outcome and implementation results.

Study uses information from surveys of villagers and service providers—including VPSO coordinators, Alaska State Troopers, business owners, social services workers, BIA employees—conducted in two different villages to contrast the different perceptions of Village Public Safety Officers (VPSOs).

Discusses introducing the pediatric oral health therapist into the tribal health care system as an alternative way to address problems with dental disease and access to care.

Studies an activity from a module from Math in a Cultural Context series and notes improved mathematical achievements in the students.

[Arctic and Northern Studies] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2005.

Looks at the barriers of access to wildfoods for northern Indigenous households.

Looks at the history, artistic and cultural value of Alutiiq masks, and discusses some of the challenges for future masters to carry Alutiiq traditions forward.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Walden University, 2000.

Art History Thesis (Masters)--University of Tromsø, 2006. One artist is Sami, the other Alaska Native.

Describes similarities of obsedian knives, adzes and pottery between this site and others in the Athabaskan territory found by de Laguna and Rainey.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.--University of Oregon, 1998.

Book review of Corpse Whale by dg nanouk okpik. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 111.

Study shows that single, unemployed Alaska Natives, who had not completed high school, were most at risk.

Study analyzes the costs of two hypothetical screening methods.

Book review of: Counseling the Inupiat Eskimo by Catherine Reimer.

Examines several different factors affecting Native student’s educational success such as financial constraints and lack of education preparation.

Predicts rates will rise if there are cuts made to the Medicaid program.

Chapter six in book: Place-Based Education in the Global Age: Local Diversity edited by Greg Smith and David Gruenewald.

Comments on a Yupiaq immersion teacher who meets both academic and cultural/linguistic goals with her classroom teaching.

Adult Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 2000.

Discusses efforts of a language teaching program that integrated two Alaska Native elders into a summer intensive language teaching program.

Educational Administration Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Wyoming, 1984.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 2010.

[Criminal Justice] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Rutgers University, 1991.

Book review of: Critical Inuit Studies: An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography edited by Pamela Stern and Lisa Stevenson.

Overview of the International Conference on Cross-Cultural Education in the North held in Montreal, August 18 to 21, 1969.

Book review of: Crossroads of Continents edited by William W. Fitzhugh and Aron Crowell. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 49.

Book review of: Crow is my Boss:The Oral Life History of a Tanacross Athabaskan Elder by Kenny Thomas.

Notes the relationship between the distribution of Northern Archaic sites and forest spread.

Looks at the appearance and development of a picture text and its use to date for a variety of things from church hymns to shopping lists.

Assesses levels of concurrence in understanding regarding the salmon fishery among the Ahtna, an Alaska Native people, commercial fishers, and fishery biologists.

Looks at a different model of care to address dental disease prevention and restorative care in rural communities through the use of dental health aide therapists.

Discusses household survey conducted on Inuit living in remote communities of Inupiat, Yupiit, and Siberian Yupiit Alaska.

Authors examine the comparatively low suicide rate among the Unangax, an Indigenous group in Alaska, and the protective factors that are at play in their communities in order to make recommendations for suicide prevention strategies; advocate for culturally relevant and identity affirming mental health services.

Book Review of: Cultural Politics and the Mass Media by Patrick J. Daley and Beverly A. James

Comments on the parameters for successfully implementing this program as discussed in a workshop with elders.

Study uses the math curriculum "Building a Fish Rack: Investigations into Proof, Properties, Perimeter, and Area" to show culturally-based instruction has been successful with Yup'ik students.

Describes a long-term collaboration between the author and a Yup'ik teachers' group focusing on culturally based education.

Findings indicate a lack of relevant literature on the topic, which if obtained, could address some of the health disparities in question.

Looks at Indigenous education in Alaska, and discusses the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative (AKRSI), which focuses on the connection between Indigenous Knowledge systems and formal education systems.

Examines underlying processes of education using a cross-cultural approach.

Discussion on the goals of the Tumitchiat Leadership Summit in Barrow, Alaska, including maintaining the Inupiaq culture and encouraging youth to carry on with higher education.