the poem “My Breath (Netsilik Eskimo-Inuit)” the words and emotions are based largely on the respect and sacrifice of the animals the Inuit depended upon to survive: “I bring to mind the great white one‚ / the polar bear‚ / approaching with raised hind-quarters‚ / his nose in the snow-- / convinced‚ as he rushed at me‚ / that of the two of us‚ / he was the only male! (Lauter)” The poem goes on to describe “the great blubbery one”‚ a fjord-seal that the Inuit also sacrifices for the survival of himself
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• The word "pueblo" comes from the Spanish word "town". Spanish explorers first came across the Indians in the 16th century. • In most Pueblo tribes men were responsible for farming and warfare where as women took care of the home and family. • War/Battle of Acoma Pueblo‚ January 1599 o Spanish conquistadors Vs. Acoma Native Americans o Modern day New Mexico o For the first two days the Spanish and Acoma skirmished inconclusively until Zaldivar developed a plan to breach the pueblo using a small
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A06-97-0020 Hydro-Quebec and the Great Whale Project In February 1992‚ managers at Hydro-Quebec were concerned about the possible cancellation of a major contract to export electricity to the New York Power Authority (NYPA). The agreement‚ which was set to run for 21 years and was worth $17 billion in revenue‚ formed the backbone of a massive effort by Hydro-Quebec to further expand electrical generation in the north of the province. While a contract had been signed more than two years earlier‚
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interactions‚ including Killaq Enuaraq-Strauss’s video response http://www.businessinsider.com/seal-hunters-ellen-degeneres-selfie-2014-4 to Ellen DeGeneres’s claim that seal hunting is inhumane. Enuaraq-Strauss throughout the entire video is defending Inuit people‚
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1 Lifestyle‚ health and risk ■ HSW 1.1: Criterion 5 – Water as a liquid at room temperature Criterion 5: Analysis and interpretation of data to recognise correlations and causal relationships Consider the water molecule‚ its properties and its physical state. Water has a relative molecular mass (Mr) of only 18‚ yet it is a liquid at room temperature. This is surprising; it contrasts with other small molecules‚ which are usually gases at such temperatures. Examples include methane (CH4
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sandpaper. For thousands of years polar bears have lived a great life in the North. The Inuit (a tribe) people have lived with them‚ hunting them occasionally for food or clothing. There was never any fear that the Inuit would over hunt the polar bears because it was dangerous and the weapons available to them were creative. In more recent times‚ the polar bears have been sought out by hunters‚ just not the Inuit who live in the North. They have been over hunted by people looking for the big trophy
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Indigenous populations in Canada (First Nations‚ Inuit and Métis) experience a disproportionate burden of youth suicide in comparison to the general population (Kirmayer et al.‚ 2007; MacNeil‚ 2008). Incidence rates of suicide among Indigenous are estimated to be as high as seven times that of non-Indigenous youth and‚ currently‚ suicide and self-inflicted injuries are the leading cause of death among Indigenous youth aged 10-19 (Health Canada‚ 2013). Despite this‚ rates of suicide among Indigenous
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the provinces‚ though after the Second World War the term federal had replaced dominion. History Aboriginal peoples Aboriginal peoples in present-day Canada include the First Nations‚ Inuit‚ and Métis‚ the latter being a mixed-blood people who originated in the mid-17th-century when First Nations and Inuit people married European settlers. and arrived at least 15‚000 years ago‚ though increasing
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gods Aten and Amen. More frequently they are used to explain the unknown. Some cultures used the familiar (animals‚ clay‚ mud‚ etc) to explain their existence‚ while others used the sun and moon‚ which were IN their lives‚ but not OF them. The Inuit creation myth turns the emergence tradition upside down; the sea goddess is the survivor of acts of extreme violence. Her parents cannot feed her and cast her into the sea to drown. When she survives and swims back to their canoe‚ they cut her fingers
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TOK “When the only tool you have is a hammer‚ all problems begin to resemble nails” (Abraham Maslow). How might this apply to ways of knowing‚ as tools‚ in the pursuit of knowledge? Most are driven by interest and the curiosity to know the unknown; this in turn is the pursuit of knowledge. Any person can achieve curiosity but achieving an open mind in order to accept the knowledge one wants to know is also part of it. Depending on whether or not a person has an open mind to what they are exposed
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