Inuit

are the descendants of the original inhabitants of North America and the Canadian Constitution recognized three groups of Aboriginal people– Indians, Metis, and Inuit. The total population of Aboriginal people in Canada is approximately 1.5 million with the Indians (now refereed to as First Nations) being 57%, the Metis 33% and the Inuit about 10% of the total population of Aboriginal people. (National Aboriginal Health Organization 2003) According to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC),…

Europe used metal While the indians used obsidian as weapons . northeast indians such as the iroquois lived in longhouses made of bark from trees while the europeans live in buildings or temples. Mesoamerica the maya , built large stone temples , palaces , & bridges while the incs of the south america created their own civilization. Less populated the North AMerica had several farming cultures while indians looked for seeds and looked for roots . The Hopewell , another farming…

They arrived and look around a bit and had founded the Native Americans. They encountered a different race of people they had never seen before. It was the Inuits. The Vikings did not even think they were human. They did not know how to approach the situation. So, one Viking had the bright idea of going up to one of them and stabbing them. The Inuits did not take that so kindly and attacked the Vikings. The Vikings left North America after that. The Vikings then make a settlement in…

Native populations have inhabited North America’s vast landscape for millions of years. These peoples have their own unique cultures and identities. Fundamentally, it is understood that Native cultures have not occurred in a vacuum and are constantly being changed, integrated, and created. However, when attempting to learn about the numerous Native populations that have and continue to inhabit North America, the shear volume of information becomes hard to process. Scholars of Native North…

the life of the man named Nanook and his family’s journey throughout Canada in search for food, trade and the daily fight for survival. Nanook’s sole responsibility is to take care of his family and every sacrifice he makes is in order to keep his Inuit clan alive. It is amazing how a family's culture shapes the perceptions and understanding of the world. In the village of Inukjuak the people were very poor and depended on family for love, friendship, entertainment, and survival. Family…

The Inuit perceived the changes in their environment by looking to elders for knowledge behind the seasons. In the fall with no ice formed they can predict whether the ice will be late or early. With the warming of the sea water, seals are no coming ashore for…

show the “true” people of the north, as it was before White contact. Though Flaherty is more remembered than Curtis, their film styles and approaches are very similar (Marcus 1996). Like Curtis, Flaherty wanted to show the true “authenticity” of the Inuit as they used to be; he put the actors in clothing that were never worn anymore, did not permit the use of rifles during the walrus hunt, showed Nanook and his family making Igloos in order to stay warm (though the scene is partly false), and…

Criticisms of Nanook of the North and Dead Birds: Worries of Authenticity and Lasting Implications Films have been seen as windows for everyday people to experience and see new and different things. With ethnographic documentary films, people are able to see real parts of the world that are not always visible in their current, everyday lives. Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty, 1922) and Dead Birds (Robert Gardner, 1963) are both ethnographic documentaries, revered as revolutionary for their…

Patriarchy is a very common form of social system worldwide, and it seems like the Inuit people of Northern Canada were also using this system in which men hold the power with designated gender roles. We will see through the movie Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner from Zacharias Kunuk, released in 2002, what consist of those precise roles. Although it is important to know this story is an ancient-old tale that has been told for centuries through oral legend, this movie analysis references to older…

empire however colonial status ceased in 1953. In 1721 modern colonization began with the Norwegian- Danish missionary Hans Egede, who traveled on behalf of the Danish Crown to re-Christianize the Norse (the earliest settlers of Greenland) but found Inuit whom he Christianize and thus, Greenland became a Danish colony. Greenland was granted home rule…