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The De-/Re-Construction of Native Identity in Southwest Alaska

Subsistence practices are a fundamental part of Alaska Native culture and provide many people with a sense of physical, mental, and community well-being. Native identity is largely maintained through the participation in hunting and gathering practices, via elders’ stories to the younger community members, and through school curricula where children learn the importance of living off the land and the values of ecological harmony and food sovereignty. Drawing largely from the concepts of food sovereignty and nutritional colonialism, this thesis examines how food acts as an important marker of cultural identity for rural Yupik villages, and, subsequently, how centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to control their food systems.

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