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The Eskimo of North Alaska / by Norman A. Chance.

Summary:

Ethnological study based on field work in Barrow, Kaktovik and Wainwright, 1958-62.

Record details

  • ISBN: 003057160X
  • ISBN: 9780030571602
  • Physical Description: xii, 107 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-105. "Recommended reading": pages 106-107).
Formatted Contents Note:
Innupiat: Genuine people: Modern Eskimo -- Ecological setting -- Face of the past -- European contacts -- Growing up: Attitudes toward children -- Birth and infancy -- Childhood -- Youth and courtship -- Making a living: Seasonal round -- Changes in hunting patterns -- Modern economic life -- Village life: Modern setting -- Marriage, family, and kin -- Other social groups -- Religion and health -- Leadership patterns -- Law and social control -- Cultural values: Man's relation to nature -- Man's relation with man -- Values and personality -- Dynamics of change: Changes in village integration -- Factors influencing positive change -- Regional patterns of change -- Quest for identity -- Identity change -- Personality adjustment -- Future government policy -- Old and the new -- Glossary.
Subject:
Eskimos > Alaska.
Inuit > Alaska.

Available copies

  • 0 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library PNW E 99 .I58 A1 C43 1966 247711 Stacks In process -
Lummi Library PNW E 99 .I58 A1 C43 1966 262822 PNW Missing -