The Inupiat, like other Arctic peoples,are mainly hunter gathers. Only men are hunters among the Inupiat. What they hunt depends on where they are located. The Nunamiut, who live inland, hunt caribou, grizzly bears, moose, and dall sheep, while the Tareumiut , the coastal people, hunt walrus, seals, whales, and in rare instances polar bears; however both groups are dependant on geese, ducks, rabbits and berries. Traditionally hunters traveled in dog sleds or canoes from place to place and used spears, harpoons, and bows as weapons Hunting is the single most important duty of any Inupiat man because of the scarcity of any other resources. It is the most reliable way to get subsistence in the environment in which the Inupiat live and thus a hunter must be skilled and lucky or his family will starve. Although families generally operate independently of one another a communal hunt is common with groups of families banding together to bring back game and maximize the success of the hunt. When this happens the bounty is distributed amongst the members of the hunt based on a set of predetermined rules agreed upon before the hunt. When the party returns each member redistributes the game among the members of his family. Sharing across family lines is also encouraged within Inupiat culture. When times are good and the food stores are full there is little need for inter family sharing, however because of the nature of hunting, families never knew when there might be a shortage. This type of sharing follows the model of general reciprocity which meant a family gave to its neighbors in hopes of receiving a similar amount back at a future date, and thus people could count their neighbors to help should a temporary food shortage occur. Few t... ... middle of paper ... ...iaq.html#dist>. Stern, Pamela R. Historical Dictionary of the Inuit. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2004. Print. "Subsistence Hunting Activities and the Inupiat Eskimo | Cultural Survival." Subsistence Hunting Activities and the Inupiat Eskimo | Cultural Survival. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. . "Subsistence in Alaska, Alaska Department of Fish and Game." Subsistence in Alaska, Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. . Condon, Richard(1987). Inuit Youth and Change in the Candian Arctic New Brunswick,NJ,Rutgers University Press. Billson, Janet Mancini and Kyra Mancini. 2007. “Inuit Women: Their Powerful Spirit in a Century of Change.” Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Hunting, which was the primal source of food, goes far beyond satisfying the physical body. Therefore societies, such as the Eskimo, handle every aspect of their food in a `special' and symbolic way. This is what Gill was explaining and the ceremonies, as well as, the way of life in regards to the food are evidence of this.
The Inuits food plans are fish and hunted arctic animals. The main reason the Inuit are still in northern Canada, is because they are used to their lifestyle and the northern
Feminism and Indigenous women activism is two separate topics although they sound very similar. In indigenous women’s eyes feminism is bashing men, although Indigenous women respect their men and do not want to be a part of a women’s culture who bring their men down. Feminism is defined as “The advocacy of women 's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.” In theory feminism sounds delightful despite the approaches most feminists use such as wrong-full speaking of the opposite gender. Supposedly, feminism is not needed as a result of Indigenous women being treated with respect prior to colonization. Thus, any Native woman who calls herself a feminist is often condemned as being “white”. This essay argues that Indigenous women may
Tools and weapons - The Mi’kmaq would use many different weapons to kill fish and but they would spears and bow and arrows for bigger animals like deer and moose. But people called snares were employed to catch rabbits and partridge. Some other weapons are knives, arrow points,scrapers. Those weapons were made out of made different things (leather, rocks, teeth, bones and quills.
Marquise Lepage’s documentary, Martha of the North (2009) provides an insight to the 1953 forced relocation of the Inuit from Northern Quebec to the High Arctic. It does an exceptional job at explaining how the Inuit’s lives were affected and molded at a holistic perspective. Martha of the North (2009) can be explained through the concept of holism and its limitations. The concept of holism can explain the effects that the relocations has had on the Inuit people. Although the Inuit’s behaviour can be analyzed through the concept there are aspects of their experience that holism does not account for. The documentary follows the life of one of the first Inuit to be relocated, a woman named Martha, along with her family and the people in her community.
Alaskan culture is full of a variance of characteristics. The Alaskan people have a deep sense of respect, pride and honor. This is as a result of the need and ability to adapt to an ever changing environment and still find a way to thrive. The Alaskan people are a strong representation of the American spirit of perseverance. The research done in this paper allowed me to view the Alaskan Native in an entirely different manner. My intent with this paper is to inform the reader on Alaskan culture, geographical breakdown, beliefs, as well as highlight the advancements of the Alaskan way of life throughout the years.
Examination of the female experience within indigenous culture advanced the previous perceptions of the native culture experience in different ways. This book's nineteen parts to a great extent comprise of stories from Pretty-Shield's
Which for the Inuit was fine, as they did not hunt harp seal pups as they had little meat to be much use. Yet their sails in furs drop drastically, causing them their great depression (pers. comm., A. Arnaquq-Barill, October 19, 2017). Even though the banned had an exception for the “tradition Inuit”, fur sales still dropped as no one was buying them. Thus after twenty-five years of partitioning, they were finally able to sell a unfinished seal skin for $100, making hunting a somewhat livable job option. The way they hunt seals is sustainable, ceritain more sustainable than the southerners (because everyone is south to them) way of factory farming meat. With seal being a healthy meat option, they use the fur to supply themselves, and as an economic source on the global market. Like when humans use to hunt for whales, the entire seal is used, and no parts gone to waste. From the job as the hunter, to the women who clean the skin and cook the meat. Then the children who uses the skin as sleds to break it in, and gives it to the seamstress to making clothing out of. One seal provides a full community worth of work and on a full stomach too
4) "The Facts on Violence Against American Indian/Alaskan Native Women." n.pag. Futures Without Violence. Web. 11 Mar 2014..
Kugel, Rebecca, and Lucy Eldersveld Murphy. Native women's history in eastern North America before 1900: a guide to research and writing. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007.
The Cree use weapons such as bows and arrows to hunt an animal to eat. they hunted moose, duck, elk, buffalo, and rabbit. They also collect food from plants such as berries, wild rice, and turnips.
Prior to European contact, Aboriginal women had a distinct role within their culture: all life and creation began with women (Canada, 1996). Both men and women had clear responsibilities for “generating and transmitting knowledge, including significant ceremonial roles in the spiritual life, annual festivals and medicine societies of their communities and Nations” (NWAC, 2010a, p. 11). Women had “ specific responsibilities to creation” that, though different, were equal and even more important than those of men (Osennontion, & Skonaganleh:rá, 1989, p. 12). Women were defined as nourisher and the man was protector: “He only reacted: she acted” (p. 12). Women established all political, social, economic and spiritual norms within her communities (p. 12). Women were the “Keeper of the Culture,” maintaining their role at the centre of creation and Aboriginal beliefs (p. 12). This principle of balance is affirmed through Aboriginal creation stories, such as Skywoman, teachings and practices (NWAC, 2010a, p. 9). Women’s wisdom, voice, and work was valued equally with men, therefore “a gender-equal approach is embedded within Indigenous epistemologies” (p. 11). For example, the Iroquois Confederacy was a matriarchal society pre-Contact. Clans were organized by clan-mothers, women held property and title, and maintained the power to bestow chieftainship (p. 9-10). This system of beliefs was based in a fundamental and sacred “interconnectedness and interdependency” based in reciprocity and mutual respect (p. 11). This paper will discuss the ways in which, after contact, Aboriginal women were disempowered of these traditional roles and powers through Federal policy, sexualisation, and Racialized violence.
The Artic, a vast frozen territory, is home to the Inuit or Eskimo people. They were reliant on the whale as well as the narwhal and walrus as their main food source. Traditionally, in the Canadian area they lived in igloos but in the Alaskan area they lived in semi-underground earth-houses. Here they had two different variations of the language Inuktitut spoken by the Native people in the Artic (Lowenstein
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Some of the Eskimo hunt whales polar bears seals and walruses , they also fish and get a lot to other foods form the sea Some of the yupik annd inupiat families live inland along rivers and forests. They get food by hunting moose and caribou.