Living on Thin Ice : : The Gwich'in Natives of Alaska / / Steven C. Dinero.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Dinero, Steven C.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations, Maps, and Tables --; Acknowledgments --; A Note on Methodology --; Introduction --; SECTION I --; CHAPTER 1 How Did We Get Here? An Overview of the First Century --; CHAPTER 2 Episcopalianism Comes to Nets’aii Country --; CHAPTER 3 Cleanliness, Hygiene, and Civilization Discourse: The Educational System, Past and Present --; CHAPTER 4 The Village, Service Provision, and Economic Development --; SECTION II --; CHAPTER 5 The Evolving Role of Subsistence in Nets’aii Gwich’in Life --; CHAPTER 6 The Environment and a Changing Climate --; CHAPTER 7 The Youth Are the Future --; CHAPTER 8 We Don’t Know Where We Are Anymore --; Postscript --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781785331626; 9783110998221
• DOI: 10.1515/9781785331626?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Steven C. Dinero.

The Gwich’in Natives of Arctic Village, Alaska, have experienced intense social and economic changes for more than a century. In the late 20th century, new transportation and communication technologies introduced radically new value systems; while some of these changes may be seen as socially beneficial, others suggest a weakening of what was once a strong and vibrant Native community. Using quantitative and qualitative data gathered since the turn of the millennium, this volume offers an interdisciplinary evaluation of the developments that have occurred in the community over the past several decades.