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(08-29) 04:00 PST Gambell , Alaska -- When it became clear that the elders in this isolated Eskimo village on St. Lawrence Island in the ... But now the couple worry whether their children will follow suit because even in five years this and other centuries-old traditions in this village of 700 have been slipping away,
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When building an igloo, carefully choose the site where it is to be located. The site chosen must have no potential of an avalanche and must have deep, compressed snow. ... You are here: Essortment Home >> People & Culture >> Culture:Native American >> Eskimo traditions: how to plan and build an authentic igloo home ;
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Inuit cultural traditions, traditional throat singing, throat singers, traditional inuit drum dancing and throat singing. ... Arviat Traditions...
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www.arviathotel.com/inuit-throat-singing.htm
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Eskimo's eat raw fish as a delicacy; and celebrate specail occasions by bathing in the blood of a polar bear. This revitalises the skin and shows that the peron/people bathing in the blood enjoy life.
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Senilicide (the killing of old people) was never universal among Eskimos. It was common in some parts of their range but more so among the Inuit (Greenland to Northern Alaska) than the Yuit (western and southwestern Alaska). Even among the ...
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Particularly when compared to other hunting and gathering populations, Eskimo groups were justly famous for elaborate technologies, artisanship, and well-developed art. They lived in small bands, in voluntary association under a leader recognized for his ability to provide for the group.
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The Yup'ik and Cup'ik Eskimo of Southwest Alaska have developed programs to provide healing from historical trauma. ... The Village Sobriety Project, a Center for Substance Abuse Treatment-funded project administered by the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation from 1999 to 2002, is an effort to incorporate the local Yup'ik...
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In some Eskimo-Aleut traditions the shaman was of great importance. Shamans would go into a trance and receive messages from spirits or deities or control them in order to ensure successful hunting. Shamans were also healers and could identify sorcerers who used their powers for evil ends.
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Yupik Lore: Oral Traditions of an Eskimo People (Hardcover) ... "Yupik Lore is a fascinating collection of Eskimo stories. Some are true: some are tales. All are typical of the kind of stories passed from parents to children so that the culture, along with language and love, may be passed on to the next generation." ;
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