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1. Two conservation myths from Alaska native oral tradition

Author

Smelcer, John E.

Subjects
Nature stories -- Criticism and interpretation, Native Americans -- Alaska, Literature/writing, Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

The indegenous Peoples of Alaska have long known that natural balance, indeed their very subsistence lifestyles, depends mUch upon how the land is treated. Whereas the western philosophy of environmental [...]

Published
1996

2. Certification of Tribal Lands

Subjects
Intertribal Timber Council -- Standards, Native Americans -- Alaska, Forest management -- Alaska, National Indian Forest Resources Management Act of 1990, Business, Forest products industry, Standards
Abstract

The Intertribal Timber Council (ITC), in partnership with the Pinchot Institute, is exploring the applicability of forest certification on tribal forestlands in the United States. The ITC is a 25-year-old [...]

Published
2001

3. Native culture: a new discovery rewrites the history of Alaska's Alutiq Eskimos

Author

Nobbe, George

Subjects
Inuit -- Alaska, Native Americans -- Alaska, Literature/writing, Science and technology
Abstract

When Russian fur trader Grigori Ivanovich Shelekov first sailed into the Gulf of Alaska in 1784 and landed at Three Saints Bay on Kodiak Island, he was greeted by a [...]

Published
1995

4. 'Boost' in vaccine efficacy seen with hepatitis B exposure

Subjects
Disease transmission, Hepatitis B virus, Native Americans -- Alaska, Hepatitis B vaccine -- Evaluation, Health, Evaluation
Abstract

A 10-year study of Alaska natives supports the view that in populations with good hepatitis B virus vaccine coverage, protection persists for a long time. The U.S. Centers for Disease [...]

Published
1998

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