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Earthquake, tsunami, resettlement and survival in two north Pacific Alaskan native villages
Natural disasters and cultural responses, editors, Vinson H. Sutlive … [et al.] ; [Anthony Oliver-Smith, guest editor • (36) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 123-154
By: Davis, Nancy Yaw.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper summarizes what happened in two Koniag Native villages on the southern coast of Kodiak Island before, during, and after the earthquake and resulting great tidal wave or tsunami struck the area on March 27, 1964. Additional data are also presented on the period of resettlement in 1965, and an analysis of the status of the villages twenty-one years later. Davis contends that small scale society has a capacity for creative response to disaster, and raises important questions about the role of natural hazards in the history, survival and distribution of human populations (p. 123).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Composition of population
- Internal migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural participation
- Daily routine
- Inter-community relations
- Public welfare
- Disasters
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1964-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Koniag Eskimo, Villages of Kaguyak and Old Harbor, Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nancy Yaw Davis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-154)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87073042
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Koniagmiut Eskimos