Historical Indicators of Alaska Native Culture Change (Tr 15)

Publication Title: Historical Indicators of Alaska Native Culture Change (Tr 15)

Subject: Socio-economic and Infrastructure
Culture
Gulf of Alaska; Kodiak; Cook Inlet; Shumagin; Aleutian Arc; North Aleutian Basin; St George Basin; St Matthew Hall; Bowers Basin; Aleutian Basin; Navarin Basin; Norton Basin; Hope Basin; Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; Alaska; Cultural Impacts; Human Population; Literature Review; Synthesis; Development; Impacts; Sociocultural Change; Historical Review; Alaska Region

CSE Reference: Davis NY. 1978. Historical indicators of Alaska native culture change (TR 15). US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service. 3 p. Obligation No.: 14-12-0001-29002 TR-015. URL: https://espis.boem.gov/Technical%20Summaries/2249.pdf

Abstract: The report is based on a search of the anthropological literature on the culture and history of Alaskan Native coastal communities and populations and considers previous impact of modernization on social and cultural change, with specific focus on the range of factors and consequences likely to result from intensive industrial activities, such as OCS petroleum development. The findings should provide baseline and background information which will assist in assessments of complex and diverse communities and which will aid in projecting the chain of consequences likely to flow from current trends and OCS activities. This study was implemented as part of the Alaska OCS Social and Economics Studies Program, initiated by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in an attempt to predict and evaluate the effects of Alaska OCS petroleum development upon the physical, social, and economic environments within the State.