Background
Jorgensen, Joseph Gilbert was born on April 15, 1934 in Salt Lake City. Son of Joseph Norman and Clela (Bailey) Jorgensen.
( In a book made especially timely by the disastrous Exxo...)
In a book made especially timely by the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in March 1989, Joseph Jorgensen analyzes the impact of Alaskan oil extraction on Eskimo society. The author investigated three communities representing three environments: Gambell (St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea), Wainwright (North Slope, Chukchi Sea), and Unalakleet (Norton Sound). The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which facilitated oil operations, dramatically altered the economic, social, and political organization of these villages and others like them. Although they have experienced little direct economic benefit from the oil economy, they have assumed many environmental risks posed by the industry. Jorgensen provides a detailed reminder that the Native villagers still depend on the harvest of naturally-occurring resources of the land and sea—birds, eggs, fish, plants, land mammals and sea mammals. Oil Age Eskimos should be read by all those interested in Native American societies and the policies that affect those societies.
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Jorgensen, Joseph Gilbert was born on April 15, 1934 in Salt Lake City. Son of Joseph Norman and Clela (Bailey) Jorgensen.
Bachelor of Science, University Utah, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1964.
Work camp director Northern Ute Indian Tribe, 1960-1962. Assistant professor anthropology Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1964-1965. Assistant professor University Oregon, 1965-1968.
Associate professor University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1968-1971, professor, 1971-1974. Professor, director Program in Comparative Culture, University California, Irvine, from 1974. Member socioeconomic subcommittee, committee on surface mining and reclamation National Academy of Sciences, since 1978.
Consultant Lake Powell Research Project, Northern Cheyenne Research Project, California Energy Commission Chairman, Faculty-Student Committee to Stop the War in Vietnam, 1965-1967. Board directors Native Struggles Support Group, Toronto, Human Relations Area Files International, New Haven, Anthropology Resource Center, Cambridge.
( In a book made especially timely by the disastrous Exxo...)
(Book: Native American Religion)
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Indian History Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Katherine Will, August 31, 1964. Children: Brigham Will, Sarah Katherine.