Raising young children in an Alaskan Iñupiaq village : the family, cultural, and village environment of rearing / Julie Winkler Sprott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sprott, Julie E., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inuit children--Alaska.

Inuit children.

Child rearing--Alaska.

Child rearing.

Parenting--Alaska.

Parenting.

Inuit--Alaska--Social life and customs.

Inuit.

Manners and customs.

Noorvik (Alaska)--Social life and customs.

Noorvik (Alaska).

Alaska.

Physical Description:

xviii, 322 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2002.

Contents:

Rationale for Choice of Village and Sample 7

Child Well-Being 16

Conceptual Model for the Study: The Developmental Niche 21

Modification to the Developmental Niche Model 26

Methods: A Blend of Interpretative and Quantitative Strategies 29

Characteristics of the Sample 35

Approach to Data Analyses 38

2 Customs of Childrearing 41

Concepts of Stages and Ages 41

Naming Practices 48

Terms of Endearment and Nuniaq-ing 53

Prelude to the Preschool Age: Customs of Early Care in Infancy 63

3 Key Aspect of the Social Setting I: Kinship 73

"We Take Care of Our Own": Adoptions and Fosterage 77

Kinship: How Villagers Rank Order Kin Statuses 80

Couples' Relationships 84

Ratings for Family Strengths 87

Expectations for Kin Roles 90

4 Key Aspect of the Social Setting II: Caregiving by Kin 103

Caregiving within the Household: Parents' Roles 108

Care Activities by Older Siblings in the Home 117

Care Activities of Adults in the Home Other than Parents 120

Care Activities of Adult Kin in Other Households 121

5 Psychology of Caregivers I: Ideas about Temperament, Development, and Goals 125

Child Temperament 126

The EAS Scale 127

The Hess Card Sort 133

Goals for the Child 137

6 Psychology of Caregivers II: Responses to Rearing Challenges 145

Control Vignettes 147

Analysis Procedure 149

Other Challenging Childrearing Situations 160

7 Proximal Aspect of the Physical Setting: The Home Environment 171

Houses, Households, and Possessions 172

Home Environmental Measures 177

8 Biological Perspectives on Child Well-Being: Health and Development 199

Dietary Recall for Two Previous Days 201

Data from Medical Records 211

Denver II Results 217

9 Culture Change: Childrearing of the Past Compared to the Present 223

The Age of Consolidation and the Prevailing Parenting Style 226

The Period of Disorientation and Parenting Style 232

The Period of Working Toward Stabilization and Prevailing Parenting Style 237

10 Caregivers' Hopes for the Future of the Children 251

Wishes for Children in the Future and Fostering of Heritage 252

Role Models for Parenting 256

Effects of Denial of Difference 258

Methodological and Process Issues 265

Summary of the Major Findings and Implications for Child Well-Being 267

Prospects for Cultural Survival of a Distinctive Rearing Style 277

1 Aqqaluk High School in Noorvik 8

2 Remnants of the Old Village of Noorvik 8

3 Noorvik Wins the Class 1A Girls State Basketball Championship in 1996 10

4 Hilda Skin Stands at the Grave of Her Mother on Memorial Day 11

5 Hiram Walker and Friend Stack up Christmas Presents Brought to the Church 12

6 Stacy Jack Stands in Front of Hundreds of Bags of Christmas Candy 13

7 Start Line for a Memorial Sled Dog Race in Noorvik 14

8 Strings of Pike and Whitefish on the Fish Rack 17

9 Ramona Field Checks the Net with Her Grandson Timothy 17

10 Bessie Coffin Skins Caribou Legs in Preparation for Making Mukluks 18

11 Helen Wells Sews a Muskrat Parky with Elaborate Trim 19

12 Emily Outwater in a Cradle Swing 66

1.1 Region of the Northwest Arctic Borough 3

5.1 Sum of Points Indicating Disagreements in EAS Ratings by Family Member Type, Noorvik 131

1.1 Family Types in the Sample Compared to Noorvik's 116 Tribal Households 38

2.1 Inupiaq Terms for Stages in Development 43

4.1 Care Activities Demonstrating Joint Responsibility by Parent-couples 109

4.2 Care Activities Showing the Most Gender Differentiation in 14 Parent-couples 111

4.3 Involvement in Instrumental Care Tasks by Adult Kin in Other Households 122

4.4 Involvement in Expressive Care Tasks by Adult Kin in Other Households 123

5.1 Comparison of EAS Subscale Means of Inupiaq Parents with Other Reported Samples 131

5.2 Means and T-test Comparisons of Noorvik Grandparents Versus Parents for Card Sort Items Showing Significant Differences 138

5.3 Mean, Median, and Mode Rankings for Goals for the Child 140

6.1 Degree of Real Life Experience of Grandparents and Parents with Vignette Situations and Focal Child 149

6.2 Code Descriptions and Situational Definitions for Vignettes: Positive, Neutral, or Ambivalent 150

6.3 Code Descriptions and Situational Definitions for Vignettes: Power-Oriented or Negative 152

6.4 Predominant Categories Coded in the Six Vignette Exercises 154

7.1 Number of Material Possessions among 30 Noorvik Households 174

7.2 Means and Standard Deviations for the HOME Inventory, Normative Sample and Noorvik Preschoolers 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-312) and index.

ISBN:

0897897897

OCLC:

48140344