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Contemporary Pacific Eskimo
Handbook of North American Indians. Arctic • 5 • Published In 1984 • Pages: 198-204
By: Davis, Nancy Yaw.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article deals primarily with events since 1960 that have affected contemporary villages of the Pacific Eskimo, chiefly the Koniag, the Chugach, and the Unegkukrmiut, located on the Alaska and Kenai peninsulas and Kodiak Island. Davis discusses the cultural ties between these villages, some common characteristics shared by these Eskimo groups, and various features distinguishing one village from another.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Internal migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Marine industries
- Canning industry
- Settlement patterns
- Legal norms
- Disasters
- Religious denominations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Alutiiq
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Koniag, Chugach, Unegkurmiut people, Alaska and Kenai peninsulas, and Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nancy Yaw Davis
- For bibliographical references see document 33:Damas
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos