Alaska

Short essay on celebrating Bernice Joseph's life, pursuing higher education, writing to remember, and the journey home.

Students identified persistence, commitment to community, family, financial, and institutional supports as contributing to their success. Barriers were lack of funding, negative experiences in high school, lack of affordable housing and childcare.

Looks at the origins of names for the Indigenous people of the Lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska and explains the difficulties encountered when deciding which term is most appropriate.

Includes a definition of traditional knowledge, comparisions between indigenous and scientific knowledge, explanation of the structure of Native knowledge, guidelines for research and issues.

Findings from 6 focus groups conducted with 26 Alaska Native college students, identified 8 quality of life domains which will be integrated into programing promoting academic success.

Article investigates the relationship between indigenous knowledge and heritage documentation efforts by academics working to strengthen indigenous cultural identity and tradition.

Book review of: When Our Words Return edited by Phyllis Morrow and William Schneider.

Reviews data from 10 states to examine possible contributing factors which would explain why male enrollment is less than half of that of female.

Based on in-depth interviews with 9 women who had been involved in abusive relationships. Looks at the environmental and cultural factors which contribute to the situation and the culturally appropriate services that are needed to address the problem.

Reports results from the Alaskan Yup'ik site of the Circumpolar Indigenous Pathways to Adulthood (CIPA) study.

Book review of, Where the Echo Began and Other Oral Traditions From Southwestern Alaska by Hans Himmelheber.

Looks at an experimental section of a composition course with a reading list composed almost entirely of American Indian and Alaska Native authors. The article also discusses how the controversies about the readings were attributed to fundamentalist views, lack of experience in reading literature, sensitivity about ethnic issues, and feminism. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Search of PubMed, CAB Direct and Web of Science for peer-reviewed articles published between 2000 and 2015 produced 201 results which were then analyzed in terms of community-engagement, whether results were utilized by Indigenous communities, governments, or organizations, and whether the study results were accessible (open-access).

Book review of: Who Lived In This House? by A. McFadyen Clark.

Contends Alaska Native students should be bilingual and bicultural in their language and traditions and in the English language and traditions.

Brief discussion of the play Battles of Fire and Water by Dave Hunsaker. The playwright used oral and written histories about battles (in 1802 and 1804) fought by Russians and the Tlingits over land, as the basis for the play.

Comments on a conference held to assess the status of the Inuit and Eskimo languages and to study the impact of educational and other maintenance policies. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 19.

Reviews causes, transmission and prevention programs for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV/AIDS. Recommends incorporating frameworks of existing health and healing into prevention programs, increasing local involvement and cultural content and further research for STDs.

Menstrual traditions of Alaska Native Yupik women.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2003.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 1997.

Articles found in the Aleutian burial site include kayak parts, paddles, bentwood and carved trays, bowls, baskets, netting tools and ceremonial objects. Distribution suggests that three excavated areas were used to bury members of different family groups.

Sources include: books, chapters, articles, research reports, annotated bibliographies, opinion and discussion papers, organizational reports, legislation, and policies.

Developed to provide employees of the United States government with information on cultures, history, federal laws, organizations, consultations and federally recognized tribes.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California at Berkeley, 1994.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2016.

Looks at perceived causes and possible preventative steps to address the high Inupiat youth suicide rates in Northwest Alaska.

Overview of pipeline project and analysis of its economic impacts. To access this article, scroll down to page 12.

Ray Waska reflects on life and teaches his grandchildren how to fish during the salmon run. Duration: 7:15.

Book reviews of 3 books: The Yukon Relief Expedition and the Journal of Carl Johan Sakariassen edited by V.R. Rausch and D.L. Baldwin. Arctic Justice by Shelagh D. Grant. Arctic Migrants, Arctic Villagers by David Damas.

Comments on the Math in a Cultural Context curriculum which effectively brings together cultural knowledge and challenging mathematics.

Book review of: Yup'ik Eskimo Grammar by Irene Reed, Osahito Miyaoka, Steven Jacobson, Paschal Afcan, Michael Krauss.

Describes the various immersion programs in place and looks at some down falls as well as recommendations.

Investigate the reluctance of elders to differentiate between man made influences on climate change versus natural cycles.

Social and Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1993.

Discusses the history of settler control for Indigenous education and how local Native communities now design and institute culturally appropriate curricula for their youth in the educational system.

Reports on the present state of Yupik language instruction in Gambell and a project to translate and transcribe into English older Siberian Yupik folk stories.

Book review of: Yupik Transitions by Igor Krupnik and Michael Chlenov.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010.

Examines the impact increasing temperatures are having on the incidence of infectious diseases in Alaskan wildlife and the consequences for humans.