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            <h1>Inuit Family Life</h1>
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            <h3>Values</h3>
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                The Inupiaq People have a profound sense of respect for each other,
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                especially for the elders.  Each generation learns their codes of
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                conduct, morals, by observing the way their parents live.  The elders
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                in the community are seen as the teachers and are the voice of authority
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                when problems arise.  When having to deal with these problems, the
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                elders, both men and women, get together, discuss the issue at hand,
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                and come to a consensus.  At times, it's a man who is the head of the
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                At the center of the Inuit culture is family. The family and the larger
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                network of social relationships form the environment into which children
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                are born and begin the learning process to become adults.  A primary
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                contribution that binds people together socially is the sharing of food
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                and the willingness to cooperate when the need arises. When animals are
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                killed on the hunt, they are shared, when people are in need, they are
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                looked after; it is the Inuit way and it represents a value that they
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                continue to honor.
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            <h3>Child Rearing</h3>
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                Somewhat similar to America, parents communicate with their child through
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                their language, facial and body expressions and tone of voice.  The child
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                begins to learn the Inupiaq language and is sung to at a very young age.
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                When discipline is needed, the Inuit prefer unspoken form of correction as
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                they see loud, verbal disciplining as inappropriate and disrespectful.  They
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                believe that yelling at a child too much would make the child deaf to talk
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                or reasoning.  When spanking is the needed form of discipline, they believe
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                that "a spanking hurt the skin, but constant yelling hurt the spirit."
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            <h3>Naming</h3>
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                Parent usually name their child based on a particular person for whom they
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                admire but with an Eskimo name.  At times, Grandparents, who know their
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                forebears, are consulted for naming of the child.  In other occasions,
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                similar to something done in America, parents name their child after a
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                recently deceased person or a name common within the family.
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                Inuit Children
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            <h3>Rites of Passage</h3>
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                Prior to Christian missionaries, boys had a <em>gargi</em> where the elders
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                taught them how to make implements and the skills for hunting. Once
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                this occurred, the adolescent was allowed by the teacher to follow the
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                hunters in any season which provided important insight into the culture's
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                reality.
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                Adolescent girls usually stay at home and are taught how to sew, care for
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                children, cook, and household management training.  The girls were
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                responsible for bringing food to the boys at the <em>gargi</em>.
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            <h3>Gender and Status</h3>
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                Inupiaq women are not part of an urban underclass.  Most women have
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                stable incomes from employment in craft production and are homeowners.
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                Tribal, village, clan and family affiliations are important to all
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                Native people. When greeting a casual acquaintance "Where are you from?"
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                is the most common greeting. Many Inupiaq people introduce themselves,
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                naming their parents and village as this becomes the initial opportunity
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                to understand the unique background and family ties of a new person and
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                a show of mutual respect.
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            <h3>Social Distance</h3>
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                Public touching and hugging will not be witnessed by a visitor within the
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                Alaska Native Inuit. When a grieving person expressed sadness and tears,
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                it would not be appropriate to touch the distressed person.  However, these
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                intimate customs vary from village to village.  Some Inupiaq display
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                affection openly, but nose kissing is reserved for the interaction between
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                mother and child.
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                        http://www.alaskan.com/docs/eskimo.html
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                    <a href="http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/info/info114_e.html">
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                        http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/info/info114_e.html
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                    <a href="http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Inuit_Haida/inuit/English/Our_culture/inuit_culture/inuit_culture.html">
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                        http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Inuit_Haida/inuit/English/Our_culture/inuit_culture/inuit_culture.html
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                    <a href="http://nnlm.gov/pnr/ethnomed/inupiaq.html">
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