Partial Support of the Sixth Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies

本次会议的主题是“狩猎和采集社会，不断变化的人民，不断变化的理论”，将确定对影响土著人民的政治、社会和经济问题的新认识，以及土著人民在未来狩猎采集者研究中发挥的作用。国际公认的专家将参加这次会议，并参加80篇论文的介绍和一系列专题讨论会。主题包括健康、资源利用、民族考古学、教育、语言和土地使用问题。大约三分之一的论文将涉及北方社会，所有北极国家的代表都将参加。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。

The theme of this Conference "Hunting and Gathering Societies, Changing Peoples, Changing Theories" will identify the emerging awareness of political, social, and economic issues affecting Native peoples and the role that indigenous people play in future hunter - gatherer research. Internationally recognized experts will participate in this Conference and participate in presentations of 80 papers and a series of symposia. Topics include health, resource utilization, ethnoarchaeology, education, language and land use issues. Approximately one-third of the papers will address northern societies, with representatives of all Arctic countries participating. 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.