7th International Inuit Studies Conference

该基金支持一个国际和跨学科论坛，以交流因纽特人社区的代表以及主要来自美国、加拿大、格陵兰、丹麦和苏联的研究人员和学者的研究。会议主题“展望未来”侧重于北方和土著社区目前面临的文化和社会变化。这是该会议首次在美国举行，预计将吸引400多名与会者，并将有80多名演讲者。会议及其议事将加强北极国家和北极人民之间的国际合作。本次会议的机构资助直接支持了1984年北极研究和政策法案的意图，并为国家科学基金会提供了机会，以制定其最近批准的北极社会科学研究计划的目标。

This grant supports an international and interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of research by and for representatives of Inuit communities and researchers and scholars principally from the U.S., Canada, Greenland, Denmark, and the USSR. The Conference theme "Looking to the Future" focuses on current cultural and social changes facing northern and indigenous communities. This is the first time the biennially convened Conference will be held in the United States, is expected to attract more than 400 participants and will have over 80 presenters. The Conference and its proceedings will enhance international cooperation among arctic nations and its people. Agency funding of this Conference directly supports the intent of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 and provides the opportunity for the National Science Foundation to develop the objectives of its recently approved Arctic Social Science Research Program.