Book
A study of social and economic problems in Unalaska, an Aleut village
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Jones, Dorothy Miriam.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The purpose of this dissertation was 'to examine the perceptions of members of the community to a given set of issues and to the agencies involved in these issues' (p. 2). Five issues of primary concern to the village were examined: work, education, health, child welfare, and aggression. A history of Unalaska Island from aboriginal times to the present is included. This historical summary concentrates on how the issues the author plans to discuss were handled in earlier times. The summary draws largely on sources already in the Aleut file and is indexed for only HISTORY (175). As a social work dissertation, the source is oriented toward the human problems of the community and suggestions for their solution, rather than a purely descriptive point of view. Each chapter ends with, and the conclusion consists of policy recommendations. Suggestions for reorganizing the village for greater native control are also included in the conclusion. These have been zeroed out but may be found in category 116. The author only lived in Unalaska for two months, but is a resident of the Aleutian area and hence was able to have intermittent contacts with a number of Unalaskans over the following six months.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Labor and leisure
- Standard of living
- Public welfare
- Public health and sanitation
- Child care
- Education system
- Students
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; 1975
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- July 1967- March 1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Unalaska, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dorothy Miriam Jones
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Berkeley, 1969
- UM70-6048
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-242)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aleuts