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NORTHERN ESKIMO LAW WAYS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF "BUSH JUSTICE'

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Hippler, Arthur E.
Conn, Stephen

July 1973

Very Useful
Report
Iñupiaq
Referenced by: Alaska Yukon Library

Grade Level(s): 8, 9, 10, 11

Theme(s): Cultural Expression, Tribe/Community

As stated in the Preface: " This paper is the second of an ISEGR series directed at problems of justice in Alaska's isolated villages. It identifies and analyzes northern Eskimo attitudes toward conflict resollution and social order in an effort to determine where these cultural traditions and behavioral norms conflict or work in harmony with Western legal insitutions."They conclude"We suggest that bush justice reforms will be accomplished best.....by an optional but formal integration of procedures best performed by the village council."

Information about the resource can be found at:
Alaska Yukon Library
Anchorage, AK
Telephone: (907) 474-5897
email: Alaska Yukon Library

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