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Howard A. Chapelle
Description
Looks at umiak (open boats) and kayak (decked hunting canoe) used by Inuit in Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Asia and compares them to the Irish curraghs.
Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 3, Fall, 1993, pp. 34-37
Description
Review on an exhibition at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art until September 19, 1993 in which art from Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Russia and Lapland was displayed.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 5, December 2008, pp. 396-407
Description
Demonstrates that international partnerships in cancer surveillance can work well, and that Inuit are at high risk for some cancers that are rare in other population groups.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 5, December 2008, pp. 408-420
Description
Concludes that cancer is increasing among Inuit men and women in all regions, and suggests that they continue to be at extreme high risk, relative to non-Inuit populations.
Information on the: Tlingit, Haida, Eyak, Northern Cree, Montagnais-Naskapi, Sami, Chukchis, Dolgans, Gilyaks, Kamchadals, Ostyaks, Samoyeds, Ipiutak, and Inuit.
Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous People, 2008, pp. 24-33
Description
Examines similarities and the development of an alliance between Arctic and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Information will help decision makers safeguard regional social, economic and natural systems.
Includes two groups: Chugach Eskimos of Prince William Sound and the Kodiak Eskimos of Kodiak Island and adjacent islands.
Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 19-25
Description
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.