essay
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.
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1964-1985
- Coverage Place
- Koniag Eskimo, Villages of Kaguyak and Old Harbor, Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States
- Notes
- Nancy Yaw Davis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-154)
- LCCN
- 87073042
- LCSH
- Koniagmiut Eskimos