Inuit

different ways of thinking, and acting with the material objects that come together to form a person’s way of life. In the movie, Eskimo’s Way of Life, the audience is able to observe the physical environment the Inuit people reside in and how their surroundings shape their inclusive culture. Inuit communities are found in the northern parts of Canada where winters last until the middle of June and the residents of these communities live in igloos. In the tundra there are not many building…

Claudio Aporta, “The Trail as Home: Inuit and Their Pan-Arctic Network of Routes,” Human Ecology 37 (2009) 131-146. In “The Trail as Home” Claudio Aporta discusses the network of well-established routes that connects the communities across the Canadian Artic. Aporta analyzes the way Inuit access and share knowledge about the passages of Pan-Artic, comparing their oral-passed knowledge with the mapped routes done with current communication and transportation technologies. He is curious about…

Word Pronunciation Dene- DEN-a Inuit-In-yu-it Do you know about the Dene people? The Dene is a tribe of athabaskan speaking people that live in the crisp winds of the Northwest Territories of Canada.The Dene people live in the subarctic regions, it drops temperature very quickly, an unprepared person will die if it is cold enough.The Dene are very prepared and interesting, the Dene can survive and hunt in this type of evironment. The Dene was one of the few tribes that have survived the…

experiment to relocate Inuit from northern Quebec to Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord in the northern Arctic in 1953. However, while both sources recount the government’s experiment the narratives have different perspectives highlighting how people remember events in different ways depending on how they were affected by the outcome. Document 9.2 is a testimony given by Markoosie Patsauq and Samwillie Elijassialuk whose story describes the heartbreak, neglect and empty promises that the Inuit endured…

Compare and contrast Have you ever heard of a group called Micmacs. If you have then you have had an insane life. I am going to describe the Micmacs and the Inuit. I desire to tell you their differences and similarities. The differences of Micmacs from Inuit. The Micmacs believe in the lazy rabbit; it is a myth. They hunt squirrels and moose for their edible goodies and for other supplies. Their primary language is Eastern Algonquian. One of their housing is Wigman. They mainly use that by…

The Haida and the Inuit are two very different tribes. The Haida are forest people. They get most of there stuff from cedar trees. The Haida and Inuit both have English speaking people. However, only the Inuit have Inuit and Russian speaking people in their tribe(s). Some of the challenges the Intuit face are that sense where they live is cold there isn’t a lot of food. Also, more people can die in cold climates. The challenges the Haida face are that sense they use lots of cedar trees they…

history and opinions of Quebec Inuit during the military relocation of the 1950’s (National Film Board of Canada [NFB], 1995). The film begins by conveying the historical groundwork for the introduction of the Inuit relocation project. Canada and America, both tense from the Cold War, begin to see Canada's northern regions as an important line of defense against Soviet influences. Discussions with the Canadian government resulted in the decision to relocate Quebec Inuit families 1400 miles…

Fate of the Inuit.” Animal rights activists have been able to successfully cause the “collapse” of the sealskin market by drawing public attention to the sometimes brutal ways in which seals, especially baby seals, are slaughtered and harvested for their skins. For a great many people, the successful destruction of the seal industry was a tremendous victory for animal rights and against inhumane practices. However, the clampdown on the industry adversely affected Canada’s indigenous Inuit…

presented as external to Western society but internal in the Canadian north. Discussions of Inuit lifestyles, northern environments, and southern Canadian action are echoed throughout the printed media during this period.…

Health - First Nations and Inuit Health). Some of the initiatives of FNIHB are Aboriginal diabetes Initiative, Children's Oral Health Initiative, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder(FASD) Program and many more (Family Health - First Nations and Inuit Health). According to Health Canada, In recent years, First Nations and Inuit health has improved; however, gaps remain in the overall health status of First Nation and Inuit when compared to other Canadians (First Nations and Inuit Health). Direct…