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Contemporary Pacific Eskimoessay 1984 • Davis, Nancy Yaw
Alutiiq • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
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 t...Earthquake, tsunami, resettlement and survival in two north Pacific Alaskan native villagesessay 1986 • Davis, Nancy Yaw
Alutiiq • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
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 pr...The role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the five Pacific Eskimo villages as revealed by the earthquakeessay 1970 • Davis, Nancy Yaw & National Research Council (U.S.) Committee On The Alaska Earthquake
Alutiiq • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
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 perva...