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    situation that immensely effects you? Well‚ this is exactly how the Inuit feel about the anti-seal hunting movement. For some people staying alive means working a 9-5 job‚ going to the store to buy food‚ and going shopping to get clothing‚ but for the Inuit‚ this means seal hunting. Inuit people are very purposeful and tend to use all parts of the seal‚ as a quintessential part to Inuit’s economy and livelihood is seal hunting‚ and the Inuit have relied on the resources that the Arctic region has provided

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    Karolidis Holly McIndoe English 100 Thursday March 21‚ 2013. “Shelley’s Monster: A Misrepresentation of the Masses?” In Karen Piper’s “Inuit Diasporas: Frankenstein and the Inuit in England‚” Piper argues that the creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a manifestation of the Northern Arctic inhabitants‚ specifically Greenlandic Inuits and Eskimos and the risks associated with their arrival in England. The early 19th century marked a time in which England became more involved in exploration

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    which they work and with the internal and external audiences with which they communicate. The role of indigenous media groups in hegemonic processes‚ then‚ cannot be seen as monolithic or monologic‚ as some scholars have suggested. An examination of Inuit videography groups reveals that media organizations support or resist hegemonic pressures differentially; some work ‘within the system’ to further worthwhile aims‚ while others struggle against hegemonic coercion in an effort to expose that coercion

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    all spaced out along the shores of the Hudson bay on the Ungava land “A little kingdom in size nearly as large as England”. Now‚ obviously most of the traditions that Robert Flaherty chose to represent in his documentary in order to epitomize the Inuit way of living had already disappeared amongst these Eskimos‚ but that doesn’t mean that these practices were not once used. In order to fully portray his primitive and ideal simplistic theme that is ever so recurrent in his films‚ he had no space for

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    indigenous people‚ which refer to Indian people and may sometimes‚ include the Metis and Inuit. Terminology referring to Aboriginal or Native people is complex and is not always what Aboriginal persons would call them. The term "Indian" is defined as either a member of any of the Aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere (but excluding the Inuit and the Métis)‚ or in the legal sense of the Indian Act. The term "Inuit‚" replacing the term "Eskimo" during the 1970’s‚ identifies the people of northern

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    For my assignment I will be looking at Indigenous communities in Canada compared to the rest of the world. Today‚ over 4% of Canada’s population describes themselves as Indigenous. Indigenous people were the first people to live on what is now called Canada‚ they had their own culture‚ beliefs and lifestyle. When European settlers came to Canada in the 1800’s they assimilated the Indigenous people. Europeans convinced Indigenous people to sign treaties which still are the same ones that are used

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    Beauty in the eye of the beholder! Cultures in the 21st century- • African Culture • Maori Culture • Eskimo/Inuit Culture African culture in the 21st century- • In the African culture the ladies wore bright coloured clothes with a piece of patterned fabric wrapped around the head. If they didn’t have a piece of fabric wrapped around their head they had dangling beads around their forehead. • In African culture women were thought to be beautiful if they had the bright colours men thought

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    An Echo of Northern Reflections Jerrelei N. Jumalon 11133317 Native Studies 107 Denise Fuchs February 01‚ 2013 In the article‚ “Our Responsibility to Keep the Land Alive”: Voices of Northern Indigenous Researchers‚ the authors explore how the “experiences‚ views‚ and stories shared by workshop participants shed new light on the nature of an alternative Indigenous research paradigm to inform Indigenous governance” (2010‚ 45). McGregor‚ Bayha and Simmons successfully argue their thesis

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    Canada and the Arctic Council Issue Canada’s involvement in the Arctic Council should be focused on the development of sustainable infrastructure in the Arctic region‚ on adhering to international standards regarding climate change‚ and on developing dialogue between government and indigenous groups. Positions Canada benefits from greater involvement of indigenous groups in Arctic policy decisions‚ as cooperation allows for better decision making Much of the international community represented

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    Kinship of the Inuit People Shannette M Hoskins ANT 101 17 February 2013 When people live in harsh environments it causes them to work together in different ways to ensure their survival such as the Inuit people of the Artic. For the most part the Inuit people are considered to be foragers‚ this means they rely heavily on the environment to sustain their way of life. The social organization of the Inuit is described as a “band” (Effland‚ 2013). These bands can consist of anywhere from sixty

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