Alaska

From a Russian-Anthropological perspective, the author discusses the history, society, and culture of the Eyak peoples during the time that Alaska was controlled by the Russian Empire. Article in translation.

Study shows that reducing palmitate, myristic acid, and simple carbohydrates could lead to a decrease in cardiovascular disease and stroke.

[Language?]Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1998.

Found that 6% of adolescents evaluated by the Alaska Native Medical Center had been seen for self-harm related conditions due to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Health Sciences Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 2005.

Educational Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Utah, 2000.

Study to evaluate fetal and neonatal deaths and congenital anomalies associated with open dumpsites in Alaska Native villages.

Looks at risk factors, prevention and treatment ideas, and attitudes and solutions.

Goal was to measure intake of subsistence foods so that contaminant content and potential health effects could be identified. Sample consisted of 665 individuals between the 13 and 88 from 13 villages.

Describes the financial performance of the regional corporations from their 1973 beginnings through to 1990.

Looks at a Math in a Cultural Context case study and the academic success achieved by the students using the Building a Fish Rack module.

Book review of Finding the Arctic by Matthew Sturm.

Highlights some of the changes in technology in central Alaska around 6000 and 1000 cal B.P.

Investigates types of models that could be used to successfully devolve First Nations Inuit Health Branch programs and services to First Nations. Provides overview of existing models of control over federal health resources in Canada and internationally as well as models that exist in other service areas.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2001.

Chapter from Beyond the Republic: Meeting the Global Challenges to Constitutionalism edited by Charles Sampford and Tom Round.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Virginia, 1993.

Discrepancies in the dating of artifacts found at various sites in Alaska described.

"This article evidences how bilingual programming and academic achievement in English can go hand in hand".

Report compares dietary guidelines in the Arctic countries of North America and the Nordic countries.

Dietetics and Nutrition Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida International University, 2007.

Summarizes issues which contribute to food insecurity for Inuit living in Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia.

Related Material: Summary and Recommendations Report.

Speaker discusses the program of preservation and conservation undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the New Deal era. Also features screening of newsreel, Timber and Totem Poles by the Forest Service. Duration: 45:34.

American Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2012.

Author outlines a framework for well-being rooted in the concept of connectedness; the idea that wellness for Indigenous people comes from them being connected to their families, their communities, and the natural world.

Using the principal of community-based participatory research, study explores quality of life for students to understand factors of academic success.

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

Looks at six states with the largest percentage of American Indian populations and analyzes if a proportional representation of American Indians hold desirable positions in state and local governments.

Provides a short history leading up to the incident and then chronicles the impact on the evacuee's health due to inadequate facilities.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Texas, 1998.

Survey to determine what kind of access is available to healthcare technology from residence.

Addresses case of the serial murderer Robert Pickton.

Linguistic study of semi-voiced fricatives (high-frequency sounds) in Tanacross, an Athapaskan language of eastern Alaska.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by M. W. Stirling Anthropological Survey in Alaska by Aleš Hrdlička Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri by Edwin Thompson Denig, edited by J. N. B. Hewitt

Interviews well-know Inuit leaders about their perceptions on the major cultural changes over the past forty years.

Introductory article to themed issue on the early demise of the Social Transition in the North (STN) study.

Authors discuss their experience using community-based participatory research methods to carry out an elders needs assessment project

Autobiographical account of a Yup'ik educator describing the establishment of a teacher-leader group, the Ciulistet, which combines cultural identity and the role of culture for Alaskan Native people.

Authors examine zooarchaeological, taphonomic, and stable isotope analyses data in order to describe the relationship between humans and red foxes on Kodiak Island during the late Holocene era.

Study of attitudes toward and use of programs with a goal of ensuring wide participation from AI/AN communities.

Looks at the difference in cultural characteristics and the ramifications on Arctic Small Tool tradition (ASTt) with the Thule ways of life.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 1984.

Looks at the Tlingit socio-political structure in southeast Alaska and it's complex transformation encompassing over two centuries of European contact.

Examines Tlingit politics in Alaska and the link between Indigenous political systems and ecological factors.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2006.

Summary of notes discusses the impact of rapid social change on the increasing suicide rate of northern people.