The North faces significant health disparities, especially among its many Indigenous
peoples. In this article we discuss historical, environmental, and cultural variables that …

In Being and Place among the Tlingit, anthropologist Thomas F. Thornton examines the
concept of place in the language, social structure, economy, and ritual of southeast Alaska's …

In the Arctic and Subarctic, the contribution of Indigenous knowledge to understanding
environmental change has been established over the last several decades. This paper …

The concepts of vulnerability and adaptation have contributed to understanding human
responses to climate change. However, analysis of the implications of the broader political …

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an important framework for partnering
with communities to reduce health disparities. Working in partnership with community incurs …

The paper develops a sustainable development framework for individual and collective
capabilities in mixed subsistence and wage-based economies. We apply this framework to …

The well-being of Indigenous communities in Alaska is inextricably linked to traditional
harvest practices (THPs) such as hunting, fishing, and gathering local wild foods. Regional …

Names: Thornton, Thomas F., editor.| Bhagwat, Shonil, editor. Title: The Routledge
handbook of indigenous environmental knowledge/edited by Thomas F. Thornton and …

In a 'mixed economy', households embedded in communities simultaneously engage in the
cash economy, pursue some aspect of subsistence, and remain connected to each other …

This article attempts to reconcile the fact that fishing has been and continues to be a large
part of the Gwich'in local economy with the fact that fishing has been neglected in both …