The "Iron Dog" in Northern Alaska

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  • Edwin S. Hall, Jr. Yale University

Abstract

The snowmobile, a recent technological innovation in northern Alaska, has caused dramatic changes in the lives of the Noatak Eskimos. Only a few quantitative measures of the nature and extent of cultural change attributable to the introduction of the snowmobile are now available, but some trends can be discerned.

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2022-04-05

How to Cite

Hall, Jr., E. S. (2022). The "Iron Dog" in Northern Alaska. Anthropologica, 13(1/2), 237–254. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/1410