Edited film shot by William Van Valin as leader of the John Wanamaker Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska for the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The film, that later toured in a film-lecture series ...

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July 10, 2008 — Despite eating a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, Alaskan Eskimo are developing subclinical atherosclerosis at an early age, likely due in large part to heavy smoking, a new study ...

In the last century the childlike Eskimos of Alaska, fascinated by the white man’s guns, began shooting walrus and caribou with more enthusiasm than discretion. That, plus annual fluctuations in the ...

Alaskan Eskimos' significantly higher rates of fatty artery plaque than the general U.S. population may be due to unhealthy lifestyle habits, researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Research on one of the oldest-living mammals - the bowhead whale - has helped preserve a primary food source for Eskimos in the far reaches of Alaska, and also may provide a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The International Whaling Commission on Tuesday approved extending bowhead whaling quotas for Alaska Eskimos for subsistence hunting. The 76-nation commission voted by consensus to ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A remote Eskimo village on a tundra-covered island in western Alaska is hoping to counter its steep unemployment rate and achieve greater self-sufficiency through one of its few ...