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Effects of a technological change in an Aleutian village
Arctic • 7 • Published In 1954 • Pages: 102-107
By: Berreman, Gerald Duane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source describes in detail the way in which a change in one aspect of the native economy, as evidenced by the introduction of the wooden dory boat to replace the traditional bidarky (one-man skin boat), has affected the culture of the village of Nikolski. Some of the major changes taking place in the culture occur in marine hunting and fishing, economic dependence of the villagers on one another, seasonal shifts in village locations, childhood training, status of older members of the society, patterns of cooperation among the villagers, the position of authority of the chief, and women's status. The shift, then, from the bidarky to dory according to the author has helped transform the culture from one of traditional cooperation, independence and a secure village life to that of individual dependence upon unreliable outside resources.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Boats
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aleut
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2007
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1964-1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1922-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nikolski, Umnak Island, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gerald D. Berreman
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- gs 50000281
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aleuts