Northern News

The news items include: 1) an report on the first meeting of the committee appointed at the Canadian Eskimo Conference (reprinted from Arctic Circular, v. 5, no. 6, 1952, p. 63-64); 2) information from J. Brian Bird on the etymology of the name "walrus"; 3) information about the new series...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: North America, Arctic Institute of
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1953
Subjects:
Anthropology
Archaeology
Artifacts
Diseases
Education
Employment
Etymology
Handicrafts
Health
Health care
Inuit
Serials
Tuberculosis
Walruses
Canadian Arctic
Alaska
Kamchatka
Poluostrov
Russian Federation
Arctic
Evelyn
Stefansson
eskimo*
inuit
walrus*
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66916
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Summary:The news items include: 1) an report on the first meeting of the committee appointed at the Canadian Eskimo Conference (reprinted from Arctic Circular, v. 5, no. 6, 1952, p. 63-64); 2) information from J. Brian Bird on the etymology of the name "walrus"; 3) information about the new series "Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska" and a listing of papers in the first volume; 4) a request from Evelyn Stefansson who wants to know whether any copies of the Russian periodical "Letopis' Severa" made it to North America; and 5) a translation of S.L. Markov's account of the "The discovery of ancient coins in the Kamchatka" by Evelyn Stefanson.

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