Native Alaskans

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This paper analyzes the culture, values, male and female behavior and rites of passage of the Native Alaskans. The author points out changes in traditional life styles and culture. The paper relates their social norms and behavior.

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"There are few regions of the world that have experienced such rapid social, economic and political change of the North American Arctic natives. As Richard Condon noted almost ... years ago, this region of the world became strategically and economically significant during the prolonged decades of the Cold War, resulting in increased settlement by non-Natives and in an influx of programs and activities designed to benefit Native American peoples, many of whom are Inuit or Alutiiq. ... The encounter, so to speak, ..."

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