Tumblred weeks of 25may, 1june, 8june 2008

[aging, Liz Taylor] How to Find an eldercare provider that is right for your parents

[anthropology, rural development] College student opens Kotzebue fabric shop

[rural, remote] Regional inequality rampant in provision of basic services in Finland

[energy, rural] Fuel prices to rise with first fuel barge shipment

[public involvement, watsan, CBR] A Community Guide to Environmental Health

[aging] World Elder [...]

Anthropology in a climate of change, war, and internecine environments 2

[In process]
Background*
Part 1**
Part 2*** From a follow-up to the newslist discussion about anthropology and climate change–
Q. “So…what can we do to solve this problem? Can we think like engineers?”
Please, don’t. Not even anthropological engineers. For example, see this —

Traditional foods guide

from NAEP Native Access to Engineering Programme First aboriginal food guide balances traditional, practical
and from CBC [read the entire story here]

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/04/12/food-guide.html

“Bannock, berries, wild game and canned milk are part of a new version of Canada’s Food Guide, created specifically for First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
“With this guide, First Nations, Inuit and Métis will have [...]

Native Crafts Health Effects Project

As part of the HazArt project | Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) of Traditional Indian Artisans and Craftspeople Project (HazArt) | we tested the ambient air quality during a firing of black-on-black (reduced) pottery. This field project was a collaboration of Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc., Sandia National Laboratory, and Tewa Women United.
The project [...]

Adverse birth outcomes associated with open dumpsites in Alaska Native Villages

Adverse birth outcomes associated with open dumpsites in Alaska Native Villages.
Gilbreath S, Kass PH
Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Sep 15; 164(6): 518-28

This retrospective cohort study evaluated adverse birth outcomes in infants whose birth records indicated maternal residence in villages containing dumpsites potentially hazardous to health and environment. Birth records from 1997 to 2001 identified 10,073 eligible [...]

Rural SWMP Solid Waste Management Planning

I’m trying to assemble what I have used when working with rural communities on their solid waste. I hope these materials will be useful to others. These materials may be modified to suit others. Unless otherwise noted, this Rural SWMP work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License

Of course, if you would like [...]

Welcome

Bienvenidos, Bula, Haeremai, Camai, Bepuwave
always in process…. ;)

Capacity-building among tribal governments & rural communities
Environment, health, information technology, natural resources, & science
Community-based research & economic development & management
Organizational culture nuclear weapons labs
Complex systems
Cultural resources & museums
Strategic planning, public involvement
Teaching, including community outreach and public interpretation

My [...]

Rural SWMP Solid Waste Management Planning

I’m trying to assemble what I have used when working with rural communities on their solid waste. I hope these materials will be useful to others. These materials may be modified to suit others. Unless otherwise noted, this Rural SWMP work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License

Of course, if you would [...]

Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show

[revised 2008july15, 2008july19]
“Friday morning people from various pueblos hustled in the hot sun to prepare for the weekend’s 35th Annual Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show.”
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/46448.html This link no longer works.

A direct link to this year’s show is
2008-07-15
http://www.eightnorthernpueblos.com/
My apologies. There has not been a permanent link to ENIPC, Inc or to the [...]

Pamphlet—Pueblo Crafts & Healthy Lungs

The pamphlet can be downloaded in Microsft Word format (click or right click to download) It is 6 pages with embedded graphics and available under a Creative Commons license.
When I figure out how to make a smaller (and updated) format of the original document, I will post that instead.
This work is licensed under a Creative [...]

Take ugly butts home

While I directed the ES&H programs–
This label was attached to portable ashtrays which had been donated by Winston-Salem to the local college. We then distributed these to visitors at the big Eight Northern Indian Artisans and Craftsmen Show (1993). The labels were made to size in MS-Word (tables) then cut apart and [...]

Survey of Environment, Safety, and Health Concerns of Traditional Indian Artisans and Craftspeople

Survey of Environment, Safety, and Health Concerns of Traditional Indian Artisans and Craftspeople (Summer 1993)
The Environmental Office of Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council and the Northern Pueblos Institute of Northern New Mexico Community College are interested in knowing if artists and craftsmen are concerned about whether there are health, safety, or environmental risks to [...]