James W. VanStone

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James W. VanStone is an American cultural anthropologist specializing in the Inuit people.

He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, a student of Frank Speck and A. Irving Hallowell.

In 1955 and 1956 he conducted fieldwork with the Inuit at Point Hope, Alaska.

One of his first positions was at the Field Museum in Chicago.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Darnell, Regna (2006) "Keeping the Faith: A Legacy of Native American Ethnography, Ethnohistory, and Psychology." In: New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations, ed. by Sergei A. Kan and Pauline Turner Strong, pp. 3-16. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
  • VanStone, James W. (1962) Point Hope: An Eskimo Village in Transition. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
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