Alcohol dependency continues to be a major problem among #inuit villages and has resulted in a high occurrence of fetal alcohol syndrome.

In 1741, the #Russian explorer, Vitus Bering, met the #inuit of Alaska. It is estimated that there were about 40,000 #inuit living in Alaska at the time, with half of them living in the north, both in the interior and in the far northwest

Fascinating study of negative space in Inuit prints

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First reported by Miriam Lafontaine at Nunatsiaq News, who found Leah's stories recycling northern reporting:

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There are some who would consider this video the worst singing ever. Others think of it as art. It's very weird. See it at worlds-worst-website.com/worst-singing ( #singing, #vocal, #vocalist, #Alaska, #Inuit, #Eskimo, #terrible, #awful, #throatSinging, #worst, #horrible)

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The name Eskimo was given to the #inuit by neighboring Abnaki #Indians and means "eaters of raw flesh."

More inuit sculpture genius from the Qamajuq addition to the Winnipeg Art Gallery
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Alaskan #inuit inhabit the west, southwest, and the far north and northwest of Alaska, comprising the Alutiiq, Yup'ik (or #Yupiat), and Inupiat tribes

The U.S. government intervened, ostensibly, to ameliorate the situation with improved education. However, the motivations behind this strategy by the U.S. government are the subject of much debate by many Natives and scholars of #inuit culture and history.

In traditional #inuit society the healing of the sick was the responsibility of the shaman or a ngakok, who contacted spirits by singing, dancing, and drum beating.

So give back #USA to #Paleo-indians give back #Australia to #Aboriginal and #Canada to #Inuit & #Metis

The social fabric of #inuit society changed forever in the twentieth century, though the people have avoided the reservation system.

“The #game was once used by #hunters to indicate a successful hunt & demands extraordinary #strength, balance & control. In her portrait, McIntyre captures the Nunamiut #athlete Sean Uquqtuq in action with monochrome, hand-processed #film.”: buff.ly/THoxIQd

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The spring whaling festival, or nalukataq, was held after the #inuit whale hunt as a thanksgiving for success and to ask for continued good fortune with next year's hunt and to appease the spirit of the whales that were killed

The U.S. government intervened, ostensibly, to ameliorate the situation with improved education. However, the motivations behind this strategy by the U.S. government are the subject of much debate by many Natives and scholars of #inuit culture and history.

The U.S. Bureau of Education, the office given responsibility for the #inuit at the time, imported reindeer from Siberia.

A number of actions were undertaken in attempts to improve the conditions of the #inuit at the end of the nineteen century and the early years of the twentieth century.

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