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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Alaska Native"”.
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Depression And Health Among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
<p>There is evidence of an association between depression, chronic disease, health status, and functionality among the elderly population. Research examining these relationships among American Indian elders is limited. This paper used data from the Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders II to …
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Tobacco Use among Alaska Native and American Indian College Students
… high among American Indian and Alaska Native people, with rates and patterns of use varying greatly by tribe, community and geographical region. Targeted interventions are needed to reduce this troubling disparity between non-Native and Native rates of use. Among non-Native …
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Tobacco Use among Alaska Native and American Indian College Students
… high among American Indian and Alaska Native people, with rates and patterns of use varying greatly by tribe, community and geographical region. Targeted interventions are needed to reduce this troubling disparity between non-Native and Native rates of use. Among non-Native …
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Language and Museums: Supporting Alaska Native Languages Through Collaborative Networking
… and culture. This thesis examines how museums in Alaska, particularly the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center, Alaska Office, are supporting Alaska Native language and cultural revitalization through collaborative networks and the adoption of methodologies to successfully develop and implement …
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Hearing Loss Among Alaska Native Schoolchildren of the Lower Yukon
… in the Eskimo settlement of Mountain Village, Alaska, were studied to determine the extent of hearing losses incurred and ,the relationship between hearing loss and the middle ear pathology of otitis media.</p>
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Attainment Of Doctoral Degree For American Indian And Alaska Native Women
<p>The American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) population is challenged with diverse learning styles, high-risk behaviors, low economic status, low enrollment predictions, lower total education achievement, or lower graduate level higher education. However, AI/AN doctoral degree recipients may be …
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American Indian/Alaska Native Transfer Student Experiences into a Four-Year University
… examined the experiences of ten American Indian/Alaska Native transfer students attending a four-year land grant research institution. It used semi-structured interviews utilizing a narrative inquiry when telling their story. The theoretical frameworks used in the study were the Tribal Critical …
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Risk Factors for Substance Use in the American Indian/Alaska Native Community
… is a significant problem in the American Indian/Alaska Native adolescent community. What is less understood are the risk and protective factors specific to this community. Using data available from the Communities That Care Youth Survey, we analyzed risk and protective factors for current …
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Channel erosion projections for threatened Alaska-Native communities along the Kuskokwim River
Numerous Alaska-Native (A-N) communities along the Kuskokwim River are regularly threatened by ongoing riverbank erosion, including catastrophic events. Erosion is causing the river to encroach on AN villages, threatening infrastructure and community sustainability. Current trends in precipitation …
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Exploring Alaska Native and African American Parent Perspectives: The Educational Achievement Gap
This DIP is a qualitative study to describe how Alaska Native and African American parents understand the achievement gap as well as their suggestions or solutions for reducing and ending the gap. Seventeen parents were interviewed, from both Alaska Native and African American descent. These …
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Stress and Substance Use during Pregnancy for Alaska Native and Rural Alaskan Women
… and tobacco use behaviors during pregnancy among Alaskan women (n=10,520). Alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy have been shown to negatively impact maternal and fetal health, yet these behaviors are still evidenced despite increased awareness of these risks. Research highlights that stress …
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A review of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in Alaska native and non-natives in southwest Alaska
… disease. Factors affecting people of Southwest Alaska, such as northern latitude (above 34ºN), low dietary intake of vitamin D, reduced sun exposure, high body mass index, and darker skin pigmentation increase risk for Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] deficiency and insufficiency. <br /><br …
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A Thematic Exploration of the Liberation of Identity Through Indigenous Self-Determination: Themes of Native American and Alaska Native Identity
… historical and systemic barriers faced by the Native American and Alaska Native population, including the history of genocide, colonization, and intergenerational trauma, the development of a strong Indigenous ethnic identity is a necessary area of research focus. Specifically, Native American …
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Representation of Alaskan Native People in Nonprofit Leadership
… of the communities it aims to serve, including Alaska Native communities. This research investigates the likely causes of this underrepresentation and explores potential solutions. It includes nine qualitative interviews with a majority of Alaskan Native leaders and consultations with other …
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The Map Is Not the Territory: Indigenous Climate Sovereignty in the Age of Apocalypse
… and colonialism as I encountered them in two Alaska Native villages. This thesis is rooted in a multisited ethnography in Norton Sound, in Western Alaska. The ethnographic object of this study is not Alaska Native communities, but rather the forms of politics that connect rural Indigenous …
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A Case Study of Polar Bear Co-Management in Alaska
… and process for conservation and acknowledges Alaskan Natives’ subsistence on marine mammals. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Alaska Nanuuq Commission (ANC) co-management of polar bears is important for the conservation of the species and resilience of Alaska Native …
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Three essays on Native American economic development
I explore the recent attempts of Alaska Natives and American Indians to achieve self-determined economic progress by exploiting one-time, group-based wealth transfers. The results suggest caution when using such transfers as development tools. In Essays one and two, I analyze the Alaska Native …
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Quantifying Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake
… American, Hispanic or Latino, and non-Hispanic Native American or Alaska Native populations in the majority of states. In contrast, rates of vaccine acceptance were higher for non-Hispanic Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino populations relative to non-Hispanic White populations in …
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Honoring Indigenous Worldview: Cultural (Un)Responsiveness in Gifted Education
… Sternberg et al., 2021). As a result, K- 12 Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students are underrepresented in gifted education programs (Sternberg et al., 2021) and overrepresented in special education programs (NCLD, 2023). When considering Indigenous students in …
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Native Knowing, Western Knowing, and Biblical Knowing: Developing an Integrated Epistemology for Missions
… in missiological and biblical epistemologies, Native American, Alaska Native, and First Nations scholars have been developing Native epistemologies to counter the West’s colonizing influence on their cultures. This dissertation seeks to integrate principles from Native knowledge systems with …
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