Alaska Tribess Melting Subsistence Rights

Ristroph, Elizaveta Barrett

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“…Observation took place in the form of informal conversations (1) by telephone with a tribal office staff member when trying to identify a tribal member who might be willing to do an interview; (2) by telephone with researchers and agency officials sharing ideas about relocation and other themes; and (3) during conferences and workshops catered toward tribal representatives and advocates with sessions related to climate change and/or Alaska Native policy. 4 In total, there were 23 such conversations with ANV participants and 16 with those from other entities. These conversations enabled me to develop positive relationships with key informants, stakeholders, and gatekeepers, and to verify or vet information and ideas gained during interviews [74,16].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Like grounded theory, it involves identifying and coding themes and patterns. Unlike grounded theory, which is mostly inductive, qualitative content analysis allows the researcher to use a combination of both inductive and deductive approaches in data analysis [75,4]. The researcher can reduce data into meaningful categories by limiting the analysis to what is relevant to research questions [75,5].…”

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“…Indigenous communities face particular challenges because of their attachment to traditional lands and the impacts of colonization [1,2803], [2,299]. Among indigenous peoples in the United States, Alaska Native Villages (ANVs) are especially challenged because of the degree of change they are experiencing [3] as well as their lack of control over land and natural resources [4]. In 2003, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that flooding and erosion affected 86% of all ANVs [5].…”

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Presenting a Picture of Alaska Native Village Adaptation: A Method of Analysis

Ristroph¹

2017

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Alaska is a large state with 229 nationally recognized tribes, known as Alaska Native Villages (ANVs). Efforts to understand ANV climate change adaptation have often been limited to a particular concern (i.e., flooding and erosion) in a particular part of Alaska (i.e., the west coast). My study is the first that I am aware of attempting to identify adaptation actions, strategies and barriers across the entire state of Alaska and recommend ways for laws and institutions to facilitate adaptation. In this article, I explain a distinct method for identifying adaptation actions, strategies, and barriers that draws on literature, community plans, laws, and interviews and conversations with 153 participants (including ANV residents and those that make or influence policy affecting ANVs). Rather than coding particular segments of an interview or plan, I numerically code interviews and plans as a whole, based on themes expressed therein and from the literature. At the same time, I keep track of quotations that help clarify these themes. This method yields a complex picture of ANV adaptation that shows different views of climate change and adaptation strategies among different sources. Preliminary results of the study suggest a need for measures to improve implementation of community-level adaptation actions, rather than perpetuating a system of government-sponsored planning and data collection in narrow areas. Institutional changes need to be incremental in order to gain political support, yet they must be holistic in addressing the many challenges that ANVs face.

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Presenting a Picture of Alaska Native Village Adaptation: A Method of Analysis

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2017

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“…The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), enacted by the United States Congress in 1971, resulted in many Alaska Natives seeing it as an encroachment on their subsistence rights and traditional knowledge (Ristroph 2010). The federally recognized Alaskan tribes value subsistence foods gathered through hunting, fishing, and harvesting edible foods from nature as a fundamental part of their culture.…”

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“…Climate change now threatens the availability and safety of subsistence foods, the costs and risks of subsistence activities, and the ecological processes on which subsistence living depends. While there are federal and state programs dedicated to environmental and health impacts related to climate change, there is little likelihood that the Alaskan Natives will be able to continue their traditional cultures and subsistence lifestyles (Ristroph 2010).…”

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Epilogue: The End of the Arctic as We Know It

Harriss

2013

A World After Climate Change and Culture-Shift

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The word unaami from the Alaskan Native Yup'ik language translates broadly to "tomorrow" and is commonly used with a connotation of change. There is no question that Arctic environments are changing, and not just the climate. There are a host of cultural, ecological, and economic factors that are also transitioning to unknown futures. Two powerful change-agents, climate change and culture-shift are a reality and challenge to the traditional communities in the high northern latitudes. This epilogue briefly explores how circumpolar Inuit communities are responding to this "double whammy."What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens. Benjamin Disraeli, British prime minister (1891) Everything is provisional at this frontier of the oncoming twenty-first century climate change. Indigenous people in the circumpolar north are now confronted with situations that Thomas Berry creatively described as a time between stories.We are in trouble now because we do not have a good story. The old story sustained us for a long period of time. It consecrated suffering, integrated knowledge, and guided education. It provided a context in which life could function in a meaningful manner (2012).

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Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Risks: The Case of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, Arctic

Parlow¹

2022

The Climate-Conflict-Displacement Nexus From a Human Security Perspective

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Alaska Tribess Melting Subsistence Rights

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

Presenting a Picture of Alaska Native Village Adaptation: A Method of Analysis

Presenting a Picture of Alaska Native Village Adaptation: A Method of Analysis

Epilogue: The End of the Arctic as We Know It

Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Risks: The Case of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, Arctic

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