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Endangered peoples of the Arctic : struggles to survive and thrive
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Endangered peoples of the Arctic : struggles to survive and thrive

Author: Milton M R Freeman
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Series: ' series">The Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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An illuminating introduction to endangered peoples and cultures of the Arctic regions. Annotation. Examines the threats to cultural survival of 14 groups of peoples of the arctic regions in Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Norway, and Finland, as well as their political, cultural, and economic responses to the threat. Each chapter also discusses the ecological settings, subsistence strategies, social and political  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Milton M R Freeman
ISBN: 0313306494 9780313306495
OCLC Number: 41452623
Description: xix, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The Aleuts of the Pribilof islands, Alaska / Helen D. Corbett and Susanne M. Swibold -- The Chukchi and Siberian Yupiit of the Russian Far East / Peter P. Schweitzer and Patty A. Gray -- The Cree of James Bay, Quebec, Canada / Harvey A. Feit -- The Evenkis of central Siberia / David G. Anderson -- The Innu of Labrador, Canada / Adrian Tanner -- The Inuit of Nunavut, Canada / Bruce Rigby, John MacDonald, and Leah Otak -- The sheep-farming Kujataamiut of South Greenland / Rasmus Ole Rasmussen -- The Iñupiat of Alaska / Barbara Bodenhorn -- The Isertormeeq of East Greenland / Grete K. Hovelsrud-Broda -- The Kalaallit of West Greenland / Richard A. Caulfield -- The Kaska of Canada of Canada / Patrick Moore -- The whalers of Lofoten, northern Norway / Arne Kalland -- The Saami / Hugh Beach -- The Yupiit of western Alaska / Anne Fienup-Riordan.
Series Title: The Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series
Responsibility: edited by Milton M.R. Freeman.

Abstract:

An illuminating introduction to endangered peoples and cultures of the Arctic regions. Annotation. Examines the threats to cultural survival of 14 groups of peoples of the arctic regions in Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Norway, and Finland, as well as their political, cultural, and economic responses to the threat. Each chapter also discusses the ecological settings, subsistence strategies, social and political organizations, religions and world views of such groups as the Inuits, the James Bay Cree, the Evenkis of Central Siberia, and the Whaler Northern Norway.

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