Endangered Peoples of the Arctic

Download or read book Endangered Peoples of the Arctic written by Milton Freeman and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2000-06-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating introduction to endangered peoples and cultures of the Arctic regions. Annotation. Examines the threats to cultural survival of 14 groups of peoples of the arctic regions in Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Norway, and Finland, as well as their political, cultural, and economic responses to the threat. Each chapter also discusses the ecological settings, subsistence strategies, social and political organizations, religions and world views of such groups as the Inuits, the James Bay Cree, the Evenkis of Central Siberia, and the Whaler Northern Norway.