essay
The role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the five Pacific Eskimo villages as revealed by the earthquake
great Alaska earthquake of 1964 • Washington • Published In 1970 • Pages: 125-146
By: Davis, Nancy Yaw, National Research Council (u.s.) Committee On The Alaska Earthquake.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The importance of the Russian Orthodox church to the Pacific Eskimo was revealed in the villagers' descriptions of events during and after the 1964 earthquake. A variety of responses was discovered in the five villages studied, and the range of pervasiveness of the church in village life provided a basis for analyzing the differences in the villages. In one small isolated village the church was revitalized as a result ot the disaster. In a larger, less isolated, and more diversified community the church was strengthened and some internal religious frictions, caused by the presence of Protestant missionaries, were resolved after the disaster. In the largest and least isolated villages the disaster caused the least amount of change in the influence of the Russian church. The frequent and spontaneous references to the Russian Orthodox church, especially during the disaster, emphasized its importance in the lives of the people. The church influenced their willingness to be relocated, their interpretations of the reasons for the disaster and their choice of leaders (p. 125).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Internal migration
- Sociocultural trends
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Missions
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- Ethnogeography
- 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
- 1964-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Koniag and Chugachmiut Eskimo, Kodiak and Afognak Islands, Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nancy Yaw Davis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 146)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68060037
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Koniagmiut Eskimos/Chugach Eskimos