James W. Vanstone 1925-2001

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Sheppard, William L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2001
• Subjects: VanStone; James W; 1925-2001; Biographies; Anthropology; Native peoples; Social change; Inuit archaeology; Indian archaeology; Research; Ethnography; Chipewyan Indians; Alaska; Kuskokwim River region; Hope; Point (68 20 N; 166 50 W); Lutsël K'é; N.W.T; Arctic; Fairbanks; Giddings; Hope Point; Indian; Lutselk'e; Norton Sound; Point Hope; Pratt; Wendell; Chipewyan; eskimo*; inuit; Kuskokwim; Nunivak; Nunivak Island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63836

James W. VanStone died suddenly of heart failure on February 28, 2001 at the age of 75. VanStone was one of anthropology's foremost and most prolific northern scholars. Although VanStone's master's work was on Plains archaeology, we are fortunate that he met fellow Penn graduate stude...