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19 - Climate Change, Whaling Tradition and Cultural Survival Among the Iñupiat of Arctic Alaska

from Part IV - Sources of Indigenous Strength and Resilience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2018

Douglas Nakashima
Affiliation:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France
Igor Krupnik
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Jennifer T. Rubis
Affiliation:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France
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