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• 22 Sep 15
  

  jsr2002

  "Hunting to the Eskimos was a near equivalent to a form of religious determinent. From birth boys were taught to strive to be a good hunter, and likewise, girls were taught to dream of marrying a good hunter. Success in hunting was a sign of good life, and no success was a sign of moral disorder. The Eskimo afterlife is also imagined to be a paradise with choice game and an assured successful hunt without hard work (1, 46-7). Therefore, it is safe to assume that for the Eskimo, hunting was so prominent in their everyday life that it took on deep religious values well beyond its more common practical importance."

• 27 Feb 13
  

  Jan Evans
  • Politically, the family became the primary source of structure in Eskimo  society. Kinship usually involved three generations from both the mother and  father's sides. Functionally, these extended families were treated as one;  therefore the action of a member was the responcibility of the entire group.  These families also looked out for each other and oftentimes feuds erupted  between different familiies as a result (4,49).
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  • Marriage usually occurred as soon as a man could support a wife, and for  females as soon as they reached puberty. The roles of men and women were very  distinct, consisting of many taboos which weren't to be b

  • Needless to say, only a few leadership roles existed in Inuit society.  Centered around the family, the eldest male served as an authority within ea
  • no other central figureheads, such as a tribal king or leader, were empowered
  • However, there is one figure who may be seen as a power to be recognized and he  is the shaman.

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• 23 Sep 12
  

  s sara
• 29 Nov 10
  

  Shannon Peace
  •  

    The Inuit did not possess a highly organized society. In fact, organization  in their society was almost non-existant and there were no divisions of rank or  class. Eskimo tribes can not even be viewed as political entities, but instead  can be seen as a generalization for geographical groups which shared similar  languages and customs (2,161).  

    Politically, the family became the primary source of structure in Eskimo  society. Kinship usually involved three generations from both the mother and  father's sides. Functionally, these extended families were treated as one;  therefore the action of a member was the responcibility of the entire group.  These families also looked out for each other and oftentimes feuds erupted  between different familiies as a result (4,49).  

    Marriage usually occurred as soon as a man could support a wife, and for  females as soon as they reached puberty.
• 15 Apr 08
  

  mwaldrop

  Political Organization

• 08 Dec 06
  

  Kori

  ksuanth

• 18 Nov 06
  

  Kjersti

  ksuanth

• 05 Oct 06
  

  Molly Askew

  ksuanth-inuits

• 27 Sep 06
  

  Amanda

  ksuanth/eskimos

Page Comments

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  Amanda on 2006-09-27
  I think it is interesting how different this culture is yet how it has surived. So many of the hunting and gathering societies have either disappeared or adapted to today's way of life, yet the eskimos have stayed the same.
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  Molly Askew on 2006-10-05
  I think this their way of life is very different yet interesting to those who are not familiar with it. Many of their ways of life seems much different but really are not that much different because to them it is just a way of life same as us. We have both learned to survive with different ways of life.

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