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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Alaska Natives"”.
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Quality of Life among Southwest American Indians and Alaska Natives Living with the Hepatitis C Virus
Background: Hepatitis C Virus is considered to be a global public health threat because seventy-five percent of infected persons have no symptoms and are unaware of their infection. It is significant to note that AI/ANs commonly contend with issues that prevent them from receiving or seeking …
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A Retrospective Study of Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders in a Sample of Urban American Indian and Alaska Natives
… of urban-dwelling adult American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) seeking behavioral health services from one metropolitan Indian clinic in Southwestern United States. A descriptive quantitative design employed retrospective data from AI/AN subjects (N = 123) verified as tribally enrolled …
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Addressing Contaminants in Traditional Foods in Alaska: Environmental Justice Framing and Policy Approaches
… issue of contaminants in traditional foods in Alaska were interviewed to determine how they define the problem, and in doing so, to determine if they perceive that the situation constitutes an environmental injustice for Alaska Natives. The interview transcripts were analyzed using five …
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Addressing Contaminants in Traditional Foods in Alaska: Environmental Justice Framing and Policy Approaches
… issue of contaminants in traditional foods in Alaska were interviewed to determine how they define the problem, and in doing so, to determine if they perceive that the situation constitutes an environmental injustice for Alaska Natives. The interview transcripts were analyzed using five …
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A Multi-Level Examination of Influenza Vaccination Disparities from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
… to which African Americans, American Indian/Alaska Natives, and Latino populations received an influenza vaccination compared to whites at a micro and macro level from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Previous research on racial and ethnic health disparities, attitudinal …
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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
… 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 and Alaska native …
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Indian Health Funding: Time For Change
… with European immigrants, American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) have endeavored to protect their traditional ways of life, well-being, land bases, populations and forms of government. The policies of the United States toward its first peoples have undergone many changes: treaty making, …
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Mental Health And Social Engagement Among American Indian Elders
<p>Elderly American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) in the United States are increasing in number, and with their increase come a greater need for quality, culturally sensitive long term care. Mental health is one facet of overall health that is little explored for this particular population. …
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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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Empowering Indigenous Culture Through Benefit Sharing Agreements: Study of Companies and Communities in the Alaskan Arctic
… disrupts the traditional livelihoods of Alaska Natives, leaders of these communities and Arctic scholars recognize the danger of losing essential Arctic knowledge. In trying to salvage this knowledge and rebuild traditional community life, leaders appeal for resources to conduct internal …
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'Like Ice Floes': Iñupiaq Sovereignty and Settler Migration on Alaska's North Slope
… between Iñupiat in the village of Utqiaġvik on Alaska’s North Slope and a number of non-Iñupiat transient workers who, enticed by generous salaries, have temporarily relocated there. A focus of my study is the North Slope Borough, founded by Iñupiat to preserve their political autonomy and …
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On Indigenous Tax Consciousness: The Socio-Legal History of the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, 1938-1987
… Tribal Government, a Gwich’in tribe from the Alaska interior region. The tribe gained national attention when it attempted to tax a school construction project in the 1980s, triggering a fierce but ultimately unsuccessful judicial battle with the state of Alaska. The thesis seeks to answer the …
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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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Alaska national parks and indigenous peoples: Collaboration for a protected future
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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 …