Netsilik People's New World Culture Analysis

The Dependency of the Netsilik People’s New World Culture
The culture in the northern regions of Canada was dominated by the Netsilik people until in the mid 20th century when the Canadian government gave the Netsilik people housing materials and created schools and churches. This allowed the Canadian government to introduce western ideals and a basic economy into there civilization creating a modernized community. The creation of this modernized community completely flipped the Netsilik lifestyle on its head and made the Netsilik people dependent on the government. This change in the Netsilik culture and lifestyle has created a divide between generations, removed the sense of community between families and created an unnecessary dependency. …show more content…
The Netsilik people hunted and worked together as a community. All food and clothing was shared so that they all could survive. This made it very easy for different families to coexist together because their shared friendship was a necessity for them to survive in the barren landscape of northern Canada. This sense of community gave all Netsilik people a certain job to complete. The men must hunt for food so their wives and children do not starve and the women must be able to make seal skin clothing so the men don't freeze while hunting. This sense of belonging made them all content with their lives and when the new society was introduced this sense of belonging was stripped from them. The idea that if you do not do you job you might die was no longer a concern. They did not have to hunt to provide food. They could just use the government to get their food rations. This allowed the Netsilik people to become dependent and this dependency made the Netsilik people depressed and