Sustainability and Subsistence in Arctic Communities
Thirty years ago, Chance (1966) wondered if hunting and fishing traditions of the people of the Arctic Slope of Alaska would survive the transition from nomadic to village life. The oil boom of the 1980s brought change to the region to an extent neither Chance nor Arctic dwellers themselves might ha...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/12474 2023-05-15T14:38:14+02:00 Sustainability and Subsistence in Arctic Communities Berman, Matthew 1998 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12474 en_US eng Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska. http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12474 Arctic Slope wage economy per-capita income per-capita harvest subsistence foods village life North Slope Borough Western Regional Science Association Report 1998 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:37:55Z Thirty years ago, Chance (1966) wondered if hunting and fishing traditions of the people of the Arctic Slope of Alaska would survive the transition from nomadic to village life. The oil boom of the 1980s brought change to the region to an extent neither Chance nor Arctic dwellers themselves might have predicted (Knapp and Morehouse, 1991). Yet despite a vigorous wage economy fueled by two decades of oil revenues that yields a per-capita income exceeding the national average, subsistence traditions remain strong. Average per-capita harvest of subsistence foods in Alaska's North Slope Borough still exceeds a pound per day (Fuller and George, 1997). This document was prepared for presentation to the Western Regional Science Association annual meeting in Monterey, California Report Arctic north slope Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA Arctic Fuller ENVELOPE(162.350,162.350,-77.867,-77.867) |
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Thirty years ago, Chance (1966) wondered if hunting and fishing traditions of the people of the Arctic Slope of Alaska would survive the transition from nomadic to village life. The oil boom of the 1980s brought change to the region to an extent neither Chance nor Arctic dwellers themselves might have predicted (Knapp and Morehouse, 1991). Yet despite a vigorous wage economy fueled by two decades of oil revenues that yields a per-capita income exceeding the national average, subsistence traditions remain strong. Average per-capita harvest of subsistence foods in Alaska's North Slope Borough still exceeds a pound per day (Fuller and George, 1997). This document was prepared for presentation to the Western Regional Science Association annual meeting in Monterey, California |
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Sustainability and Subsistence in Arctic Communities |
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Sustainability and Subsistence in Arctic Communities |
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Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska. |
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