Inuit
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Inuit
Tonia Billman
Prof. Geoff Wood
09/19/2011
The Inuit are a band of people that live in or around artic areas. They are mainly found in
Canada, Greenland, Serbia and Alaska. They normally have a populations of around 60 to 300
people. This band of people usually have a series of camps or settlements. These settlements
are made up of one household or several households combined together.
These arrangements can be compared to what is going on in my life today. I live in one
household with my sister. She is married and she has 3 children at home. My sister and her
husband make most household decisions. I only make make decisions while they are not
at home. We also share all the chores and the food. This is much like the Inuit household.
The Intuit household usually contains parents and their children. They may also
grandparents, newly married children and relatives. Both men and women make most of the
decisions in the household. Men make the decisions when it concerns anything to do with life
and death situations. This includes group movement and economic decisions.
Camps with several homes always pick a leader. This leader is usually picked based on how
much seniority he has and his experience. If there is more than one answer to a question or a
problem, this leader usually solves the problem. This keeps fighting down, law and order and
their society in check (Richard Effland, nd).
The Inuit people also had what they called a Shaman. This is the religious leader of the camp
or settlement. The Shaman also assumed a leadership position. This was mostly because the
Shawman was considered a sacred person. One who could control people over fear of their
religion. Sometimes the people of the band would actually be in debt to him or her. This occurred
because the Shawman did a favor for them, or did some kind of ritual for protection (Richard...
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