Eskimo Essays

Author : Ann Fienup-Riordan
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0813515890

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Eskimo Essays by Ann Fienup-Riordan Pdf

This examination of the ideology and practice of the Yup'ik Eskimos of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of southwestern Alaska includes traditions, ideology, relations with Christianity, warfare, use of animals, law and order, and the non-native perception of the Yup'ik way of life.

Author : Geoffrey K. Pullum
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1991-07-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226685342

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The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language by Geoffrey K. Pullum Pdf

Contains a collection of twenty-three essays originally appearing in the journal "Natural Language and Linguistic Theory."

Author : Ann Fienup-Riordan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:610251638

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Eskimo Essays by Ann Fienup-Riordan Pdf

Author : Frédéric B. Laugrand,Jarich G. Oosten
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780773576360

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Inuit Shamanism and Christianity by Frédéric B. Laugrand,Jarich G. Oosten Pdf

Using archival material and oral testimony collected during workshops in Nunavut between 1996 and 2008, Frédéric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten provide a nuanced look at Inuit religion, offering a strong counter narrative to the idea that traditional Inuit culture declined post-contact. They show that setting up a dichotomy between a past identified with traditional culture and a present involving Christianity obscures the continuity and dynamics of Inuit society, which has long borrowed and adapted "outside" elements. They argue that both Shamanism and Christianity are continually changing in the Arctic and ideas of transformation and transition are necessary to understand both how the ideology of a hunting society shaped Inuit Christian cosmology and how Christianity changed Inuit shamanic traditions.

Author : Renee Fossett
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887552663

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In Order to Live Untroubled by Renee Fossett Pdf

Despite the long human history of the Canadian central arctic, there is still little historical writing on the Inuit peoples of this vast region. Although archaeologists and anthropologists have studied ancient and contemporary Inuit societies, the Inuit world in the crucial period from the 16th to the 20th centuries remains largely undescribed and unexplained. In Order to Live Untroubled helps fill this 400-year gap by providing the first, broad, historical survey of the Inuit peoples of the central arctic.Drawing on a wide array of eyewitness accounts, journals, oral sources, and findings from material culture and other disciplines, historian Renee Fossett explains how different Inuit societies developed strategies and adaptations for survival to deal with the challenges of their physical and social environments over the centuries. In Order to Live Untroubled examines how and why Inuit created their cultural institutions before they came under the pervasive influence of Euro-Canadian society. This fascinating account of Inuit encounters with explorers, fur traders, and other Aboriginal peoples is a rich and detailed glimpse into a long-hidden historical world.

Author : Arlene Hirschfelder,Paulette F. Molin,Yvonne Wakim
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810836129

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American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children by Arlene Hirschfelder,Paulette F. Molin,Yvonne Wakim Pdf

The world of contemporary American infants and young children is saturated with inappropriate images of American Indians. American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children reveals and discusses these images and cultural stereotypes through writings like Kathy Kerner's previously unpublished essay on Thanksgiving and an essay by Dr. Cornell Pewewardy on Disney's Pocahontas film. This edition incorporates new writings and recent developments, such as a chronology documenting changes associated with the mascot issue, along with information on state legislation. Other new material incorporates powerful commentary by Native American veterans, who speak to the issue of stereotyping against their people in the military. Also includes a new expanded annotated bibliography.

Author : Claus M. Naske,Herman E. Slotnick
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806186139

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Alaska by Claus M. Naske,Herman E. Slotnick Pdf

The largest by far of the fifty states, Alaska is also the state of greatest mystery and diversity. And, as Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick show in this comprehensive survey, the history of Alaska’s peoples and the development of its economy have matched the diversity of its land- and seascapes. Alaska: A History begins by examining the region’s geography and the Native peoples who inhabited it for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. The Russians claimed northern North America by right of discovery in 1741. During their occupation of “Russian America” the region was little more than an outpost for fur hunters and traders. When the czar sold the territory to the United States in 1867, nobody knew what to do with “Seward’s Folly.” Mainland America paid little attention to the new acquisition until a rush of gold seekers flooded into the Yukon Territory. In 1906 Congress granted Alaska Territory a voteless delegate and in 1912 gave it a territorial legislature. Not until 1959, however, was Alaska’s long-sought goal of statehood realized. During World War II, Alaska’s place along the great circle route from the United States to Asia firmly established its military importance, which was underscored during the Cold War. The developing military garrison brought federal money and many new residents. Then the discovery of huge oil and natural-gas deposits gave a measure of economic security to the state. Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region’s and state’s history, including the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native Americans for their losses; the effect of the oil industry and the trans-Alaska pipeline on the economy; the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and Alaska politics through the early 2000s.

Author : Emily Elisabeth Auger
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 0786418885

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The Way of Inuit Art by Emily Elisabeth Auger Pdf

Inuit art, both ancient and contemporary, has inspired the interest of scholars, collectors and art lovers around the globe. This book examines Inuit art from prehistory to the present with special attention to methodology and aesthetics, exploring the ways in which it has been influenced by and has influenced non-Inuit artists and scholars. Part One gives the history of the main art-producing prehistoric traditions in the North American arctic, concentrating on the Dorset who once flourished in the Canadian region. It also demonstrates the influence of theories such as evolutionism, diffusionism, ethnographic comparison, and shamanism on the interpretation of prehistoric Inuit art. Part Two demonstrates the influence of such popular theories as nationalism, primitivism, modernism, and postmodernism on the aesthetics and representation of twentieth-century Canadian Inuit art. This discussion is supported by interviews conducted with Inuit artists. A final chapter shows the presence of Inuit art in the mainstream multi-cultural environment, with a discussion of its influence on Canadian artist Nicola Wojewoda. The work also presents various Inuit artists' reactions to Wojewoda's work.

Author : Vallee Valentine,Frank Gerald Vallee
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Eskimo of the Canadian Arctic by Vallee Valentine,Frank Gerald Vallee Pdf

Author : Pamela R. Stern
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810879126

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Historical Dictionary of the Inuit by Pamela R. Stern Pdf

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Inuit provides a history of the indigenous peoples of North Alaska, arctic Canada including Labrador, and Greenland. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and aspects of culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Inuits.

Author : Frank G. Vallee
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773595194

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Eskimo of the Canadian Arctic by Frank G. Vallee Pdf

These essays, which extend in subject from Shamanism to Eskimo language, from the Eskimo economy to Eskimo art, continue to appeal to a wide range of readers.

Author : Ann Fienup-Riordan
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0806126469

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Boundaries and Passages by Ann Fienup-Riordan Pdf

This book brings together as complete a record of traditional Yupik rules and rituals as is possible in the late twentieth century. Incorporating elders' recollections of the system of ruled boundaries and ritual passages that guided their parents and grandparents a century ago, Ann Fienup-Riordan brings into focus the complex, creative Yupik world view - expressed by ceremonial exchanges and the cycling of names, gifts, and persons - which continues to shape daily life in communities along the Bering Sea coast. Her analysis is illustrated with many contemporary and historical photographs. Identifying "metaphors to live by, " Fienup-Riordan tells of "the Boy Who Went to Live with Seals" and "the Girl Who Returned from the Dead." She explains how in Yupik cosmology their stories illustrate relationships among human beings, animals, and the spirit world - the "boundaries and passages" between death and the renewal of life.

Author : Wendell H. Oswalt
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803286139

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Eskimos and Explorers by Wendell H. Oswalt Pdf

Corrects misconceptions about Eskimo life, analyzes early accounts by European explorers, and evaluates the impact these explorers had on Eskimo culture

Author : Ann Fienup-Riordan
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0813528054

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Hunting Tradition in a Changing World by Ann Fienup-Riordan Pdf

Named 2001 Historian of the Year by the Alaska Historical Society The Yupiit in southwestern Alaska are members of the larger family of Inuit cultures. Including more than 20,000 individuals in seventy villages, the Yupiit continue to engage in traditional hunting activities, carefully following the seasonal shifts in the environment they know so well. During the twentieth century, especially after the construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, the Yup'ik people witnessed and experienced explosive cultural changes. Anthropologist Ann Fienup-Riordan explores how these subarctic hunters engage in a "hunt" for history, to make connections within their own communities and between them and the larger world. She turns to the Yupiit themselves, joining her essays with eloquent narratives by individual Yupiit, which illuminate their hunting traditions in their own words. To highlight the ongoing process of cultural negotiation, Fienup-Riordan provides vivid examples: How the Yupiit use metaphor to teach both themselves and others about their past and present lives; how they maintain their cultural identity, even while moving away from native villages; and how they worked with museums in the "Lower 48" on an exhibition of Yup'ik ceremonial masks. Ann Fienup-Riordan has published many books on Yup'ik history and oral tradition, including Eskimo Essays: Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them, The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks and Boundaries and Passages. She has lived with and written about the Yupiit for twenty-five years.

Author : Søren Rud
Publisher : Springer
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319461588

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Colonialism in Greenland by Søren Rud Pdf

This book explores how the Danish authorities governed the colonized population in Greenland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Two competing narratives of colonialism dominate in Greenland as well as Denmark. One narrative portrays the Danish colonial project as ruthless and brutal extraction of a vulnerable indigenousness people; the other narrative emphasizes almost exclusively the benevolent aspects of Danish rule in Greenland. Rather than siding with one of these narratives, this book investigates actual practices of colonial governance in Greenland with an outlook to the extensive international scholarship on colonialism and post-colonialism. The chapters address the intimate connections between the establishment of an ethnographic discourse and the colonial techniques of governance in Greenland. Thereby the book provides important nuances to the understanding of the historical relationship between Denmark and Greenland and links this historical trajectory to the present negotiations of Greenlandic identity.