Alaska Native Successful Aging, Northwest, Anchorage, Aleutian Pribilof Islands, 2016-2021

• Main Author: Lewis, Jordan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2021
• Subjects: Alaska Native; Successful aging; Rural; Indigenous; Older adults; Anchorage; Norton Sound; aleut; Inupiat; Siberian Yupik; Yup'ik; Yupik; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2tt4fv2z; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2TT4FV2Z

One on one, semi-structured interviews with Alaska Native (AN) Elders (Aleut, Inupiat, Central Yup'ik, Siberian Yupik) in each of the participating communities in the Norton Sound southern sub region, Aleutian Pribilof Island communities, and Anchorage. These interviews explored the meaning of successful aging, what is required to age successfully in their respective communities, and how they have maintained their health and well-being in both rural and urban settings. A second semi-structured one on one interview questionnaire was used with those Alaska Native Elders originally from the Norton Sound southern sub-region who have relocated to Anchorage. This questionnaire explored the reasons the Alaska Native Elders moved, the type and frequency of services they needed, and how their place of residence changed their definition of successful aging.