Understanding Eskimo Science is written by a man named Richard Nelson. Nelson wanted to develop a better understanding of how Eskimos survived in their harsh environment they live in. Doing so, Richard Nelson decided to travel just below the Arctic Circle in the boreal forest of interior Alaska (Nelson, 1993). Nelson lived here for a while and studied the native Eskimos by interacting with a few of the members of a hunting group called the Inupiaq and Koyukon (Nelson, 1993). Nelson met some amazing hunters named Moses Sam and Igruk. Throughout his time interacting with the native Eskimos, Nelson has expanded his own knowledge on how the Eskimos survived by hunting, since vegetation crops are almost impossible to grow, due to the environment.
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Their connection with the spirit of nature is unbreakable. In a small village in Eyak, children a young age are taken down to the water or inside the woods to learn useful hunting methods that were passed down from their grandparents (Stowers, 2016). Stowers (2016) helps enlighten the idea that hunting methods are traditions and information that’s passed down from generation to generation in the Eskimo culture. Nelson (1993) provides us with hunting methods he learned from his own experience and stories while interacting with the Eskimos, while Binford (1978) is providing older hunting information he gathered while spending time in an Eskimos hunting stand. Brinford learned one strategy that Nelson never mentioned and that’s hunting big and small games like bear and foxes from up in a tree stand (Binford, 1978). This strategy allows them to take advantage and lure the animals in for a kill shot without being seen or having them do the searching (Binford, 1978). But one hunting strategy that Nelson mention that wasn’t mentioned by Binford is the method that involves hunting bears. Nelson mentions a method that consisted of a man named Igruk, pretending to be a seal by performing seal like movements so its manipulates the polar bear into thinking that Igruk is a seal from a distance, Igruk does this to lure the bear closer in for a good clean kill shot (Nelson, 1993). Nelson and Binford gather information that helps demonstrate Eskimos are brilliant hunters, because of the tactical knowledge they have and continue to share it with every generation so it can be passed on for years to
Their connection with the spirit of nature is unbreakable. In a small village in Eyak, children a young age are taken down to the water or inside the woods to learn useful hunting methods that were passed down from their grandparents (Stowers, 2016). Stowers (2016) helps enlighten the idea that hunting methods are traditions and information that’s passed down from generation to generation in the Eskimo culture. Nelson (1993) provides us with hunting methods he learned from his own experience and stories while interacting with the Eskimos, while Binford (1978) is providing older hunting information he gathered while spending time in an Eskimos hunting stand. Brinford learned one strategy that Nelson never mentioned and that’s hunting big and small games like bear and foxes from up in a tree stand (Binford, 1978). This strategy allows them to take advantage and lure the animals in for a kill shot without being seen or having them do the searching (Binford, 1978). But one hunting strategy that Nelson mention that wasn’t mentioned by Binford is the method that involves hunting bears. Nelson mentions a method that consisted of a man named Igruk, pretending to be a seal by performing seal like movements so its manipulates the polar bear into thinking that Igruk is a seal from a distance, Igruk does this to lure the bear closer in for a good clean kill shot (Nelson, 1993). Nelson and Binford gather information that helps demonstrate Eskimos are brilliant hunters, because of the tactical knowledge they have and continue to share it with every generation so it can be passed on for years to