The St. Lawrence Island famine and epidemic, 1878-80: A Yupik narrative in cultural and historical context

Arctic Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Crowell, Aron L ^a   Oozevaseuk, Estelle ^b  

^a National Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^b General Delivery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; EPIDEMIC; FAMINE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748350251     PISSN: 00666939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arc.2011.0105     Document Type: Article

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