Alutiiq Ethnicity

本论文的研究课题是研究阿拉斯加半岛上的三个原住民阿鲁提克村庄。尽管与俄罗斯、美国和其他土著群体不断接触，但这个文献很少的文化群体仍能保持其民族身份。阿鲁提克人的身份是如何在两个世纪的接触中保持不变的，这是所有受到当代文化变革影响的北极土著群体的根本利益所在。本项目将为阿拉斯加本土文化的基础研究做出重要贡献，也将为北极文化人类学的理论和方法发展做出贡献。

This dissertation project proposal is to study three Native, Alutiiq, villages on the Alaska Peninsula. This poorly documented cultural group has been able to maintain its ethnic identity in spite of continuous contacts with Russian, American, and other indigenous groups. The question of how Alutiiq identity has persisted through two centuries of contact is of fundamental interest to all Arctic indigenous groups being impacted by contemporary culture change. The proposed project can make an important contribution to basic research on Native culture in Alaska, and will also contribute to the theoretical and methodological development of cultural anthropology in the Arctic.