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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Yup'ik"”.
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The Dwellers Between: Yup'ik Shamans and Cultural Change in Western Alaska
This paper examines the history of the Yup'ik Eskimos of western Alaska and explores how their shamans shaped the response to introduced epidemic disease. As in the experiences of so many other Native American groups, disease epidemics played an important role in the history of relations between …
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The Dwellers Between: Yup'ik Shamans and Cultural Change in Western Alaska
This paper examines the history of the Yup'ik Eskimos of western Alaska and explores how their shamans shaped the response to introduced epidemic disease. As in the experiences of so many other Native American groups, disease epidemics played an important role in the history of relations between …
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Wage employment, traditional subsistence, and aspirations among Inupiat and Yup'ik in the mixed economy of Northwest Alaska
… centers largely inhabited by Inupiat and Yup'ik in three regions of Northwest Alaska. By examining employment and subsistence patterns, desires for relocation, and employment and subsistence aspirations, this research will contribute to the understanding of work (both traditional and …
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Modeling social connectivity and the spread of the 1918-1919 flu through Inupiat and Yup'ik communities of western Alaska
… among the Inupiat of the Seward Peninsula and Yup'ik of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Western Alaska during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. Despite similar geography, subsistence patterns, and social environments, the severity of the pandemic varied markedly between these groups, with mortality …