Retribalization as a Strategy for Achievement of Group and Individual Social Security in Alaska Native Villages — with a Special Focus on Subsistence [paper]

Retribalization as a Strategy for Achievement of Group and Individual Social Security in Alaska Native Villages — with a Special Focus on Subsistence [paper]

Conn, Stephen; Langdon, Steve J.

Date: 1986-06-02

Publisher: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage

Subject: Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC) ; Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) ; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) ; Alaska Native lands ; Alaska Natives ; bush justice ; Indian Reorganization Act ; legal anthropology ; rural justice ; Sitka, Alaska ; sovereignty ; subsistence ; tribal government ; Yupiit Nation

Type: Working Paper

Table of Contents: General Welfare and Social Security / Retribalization: Alaska Meanings / Manifestations of Retribalization in Alaska (Sitka Community Association; Yupiit Nation) / Other Tribal Strategies (Unalakleet Initiative - Externally Directed; Eschscholtz Bay - Management Among Native Groups; Venetie's Approach - Internal and Then External; Complex Interaction by Yupiit Villages; Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC): External First and Then Internal) / Retribalization as Revitalization Movement / Footnote / Bibliography

Abstract:

Alaska Native groups have adopted a strategy of seeking general welfare, including social security, through retribalization — a term of dual meaning discussed in this paper. The paper aims to describe the historical developments leading to the adoption of this strategy, explain its nature and the various forms which it takes, and assess its potential for the achievement of the general welfare of Alaska Natives.

Description:

This paper was revised for publication as: Conn, Stephen; & Langdon, Steve J. (1988). "Retribalization as a Strategy for Achievement of Group and Individual Social Security in Alaska Native Villages — with a Special Focus on Subsistence." In F. von Benda-Beckmann, K. von Benda-Beckmann, E. Casino, F. Hirtz, G.R. Woodman & H.F. Zacher (eds.), Between Kinship and the State: Social Security and Law in Developing Countries, pp. 437–450. Providence, RI: Foris Publications.

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