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Eskimos of the Nushagak River : an ethnographic history
Title:
Eskimos of the Nushagak River : an ethnographic history
JLCTITLE245:
by James W. VanStone.
Personal Author:
VanStone, James W.
Publication Information:
Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©1967.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 192 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Series:
University of Washington publications in anthropology ; v. 15
Abstract:
Study of history of cultural change among Eskimo with special reference to coastal Eskimo of southwest Alaska. Based on archival sources and author's field work in 1964-65.
Local Note:
UAA/APU CONSORTIUM: The Rare Books copy is part of the Walter J. Hickel papers located in the Library's Archives and Special Collections.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index.
Subject Term:
Yupik Eskimos -- Alaska -- Nushagak River.

Acculturation -- Alaska -- Nushagak River.

Acculturation. (OCoLC)fst00795535

Yupik Eskimos. (OCoLC)fst01183907
Geographic Term:
Nushagak River (Alaska) -- History.

Alaska -- Nushagak River. (OCoLC)fst01299546
Genre:
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Contents:
Part One: agents of change -- I. Russian and American exploration, 1778 -- 1935 -- II. Missionary activity -- III. Traders -- IV. Mining and reindeer herding -- V. Educational and medical services -- Part Two: emerging socioeconomic patterns -- VII. Population groupings and settlement patterns in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries -- VIII. The yearly cycle in the Nineteenth century -- IX. The Nushagak River today -- X. Comparative summary and conclusion.
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