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OCS Study Social Indicators Study of M M S 92-0032 Alaskan Coastal Villages 1. Key Informant Summaries Volume 2: Schedule B Regions (Bristol Bay, Kodiak, Bering Straits) Social and Economic Studies /1 L-. ,.>. -, j ,.—. ,L ,. \- . ..-’ .. –“ \ . ..M -b . ,. .-.+ .,- U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region OCS Study MMS 92-0032 Technical Report No.. 152 Contract No. 14-12-0001-30300 Social Indicators Study of Alaskan Coastal Villages I. Key Informant Summaries Volume 2: Schedule II Regions (Bristol Bay, Kodialq Bering Straits) Submitted to: U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Alaska OCS Region Anchorage, Alaska Human Relations Area Files August, 1992 This report has been reviewed by the Minerals Management Service and approved for publication. Approval does not signi& that the contents necessarily reflect the views and the policies of the Service, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. Alaska OCS Environmental Studies Program Social Indicators Study of Alaskan Coastal Viages I. Key Informant Summaries. Volume 2: Schedule B Regions Human Relations Area Files New Have~ Connecticut Prepared by Joanna Endter-Wad~ Jon Hofmeister, Rachel MasoQ Steven McNabb, and Joanne Mulcahy, with contributions from Lynn Robbins. Joseph Jorgensen was the principal investigator and project manager. August 1992 Table of Contents Table of Contents . .. v-A Acronyms . ..xv-A Glossary . ..xix-A KI SUMMARY INTRODUCTION L Overview: Key Informant Summaries . ...7 A. Introdu&ion to Concepts . ...7 B. Introduction to Key Informant Summary Contents . 12 11. Social Indicators and the Concept ofWell-Being . 14 A. Implications ofQuality of Life.. ..16 B. On Political Economy . ...18 c. Ideology . ...27 D. ABrief Note on History . ...29 III. Economic Conditions: A Summary . ...32 Iv. Selected Comparisons Among Regions andEthnic Groups . ...41 v. Other Sources of Information.. ...47 References Cited . ...52 SCHEDULE A THE NORTH SLOPE REGION preface . ...69 I. Historical Context . ...72 A. Early Contacts and Economic Innovation . 74 Phase One: 1778-1848 . ...74 Arctic Coastal, Kuukpigmiut and Utuqqagmiut Settlement and.Subsistence. ...76 Kakligmiut, Silalinagmiut and Tikigagmiut Settlement and Subsistence 77 Phase Two: 1848-1899 . ..78 v-B Table of Contents (continued) THE NORTH SLOPE REGION L Historical Context (continued) B. Period of Consolidation (1899-1960) . 81 c. Land Claims Period (1960-Present).. ...86 n. Population and Demography . 90 A. Overall Population and Net Changes Through Time . 91 B. Age and Gender Profiles . ...94 III. Community Organization and Economy . ...96 A Governance . ...97 IRAGovernments . ...97 Municipal City Governments . 100 North Slope Borough . 101 B. Commerce and Industry . 105 c. Health, Education, and Social Services . 114 D, Modalities and Associations . 117 E. The Main Trends of Sociopolitical Change . 120 Institutional Consolidation and Retrenchment . 120 Institutional Moderation . ...121 Enfranchisement ofYouth inthe Corporate Structure . 122 Iv. Household Organization and Kinship . 123 A. Kinship Organization . 123 B. Household Structures and Economic Functions . 125 c. Socialization . 129 v. Ideology . ...133 A, ‘religion .’ . ...133 B. Worldview and Values . ...135 c. Ethnicity and Tribalism . ...138 References Cited . 141 vi-B Table of Contents (continued) THE NANA REGION Preface . 155 L Historical Context.,.....,.. ...158 A. Early Contacts and Displacement . 158 Pitagmiut and Kangigmiut Settlement and Subsistence . 162 Qikiqtagrungmiut and Kivalinigmiut Settlement and Subsistence 162 Early Contacts . ...163 Displacement . ..165 B. Period of Consolidation . ...167 c. The Land Claims Period . 169 II. Population and Demography.. ...1..... ...173 A. Overall Population and Net Changes Through Time . 173 B. Age and Gender Profiles . ...177 III. Community Organization and Economy . 181 A. Governance . ...181 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) Governments . 181 Municipal Governments . ...183 Northwest Arctic Borough . ...185 B. Commerce and Industry . 187 c. Health, Education, and Social Services . 202 D. Modalities and Associations . ...212 E. T’he Main Trends of Sociopolitical Change . 216 Institutional Consolidation . ., . ...216 Revenue Substitution . ...217 Service Retrenchment . ...219 Entitlement of Youth in the Corporate Structure . 220 IV. Household Organization and Kinship . ..221 A. Kinship Organization . .,......,....221 B. Household Structures and Economic Functions . 223 C. Socialization, . , . ...227 v. Ideology . ...234 A. Religion . ...234 B. Worldview and Values . ...237 C. Ethnicity and Tribalism . ...239 vii-B Table of Contents (continued) THE NANA REGION References Cited . ...244 Appendix A . .253 THE CALISTA REGION preface . ...289 I. Historical Context . ...292 Prologue . ...292 A. The Russian Period . ..294 B. Missionary Impact During the Early American Period (1885-1900) . 294 c. The Territorial Era: Commerce and Influenza . 295 D. Statehood . ...298 II. Population and Demography,.. ...300 A. Demographic Trends: 1890-1980 . ..