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                <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
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                <li><a href="ira.html">Religion</a></li>
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                <li><a href="susana.html">Language</a></li>
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                <li><a href="parham.html">Business Communication</a></li>
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                <li><a href="ryan.html">Ryan</a></li>
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                <li><a href="maricela.html">Family Life</a></li>
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                <li><a href="matt.html">Social Norms</a></li>
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            <h1>Inuit Social Norms</h1>
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                Inuits are very integrated into the modern world today. Inuits with
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                territory in Canada are the most culturally independent. The Inuits
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                of Greenland and Denmark are very into Danish cultural standards.
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                Intermarriage occurred on a large scale since the 1950s. They only
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                keep their native tongue and pass down words from generation to
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                generation to keep their identity separate. Although going through
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                a lengthy process in Greenland and Denmark to keep traits, they still
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                live majority by Danish living standards and culture. If any group of
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                Inuits is closest to their ancestors, it would be the Canadian Inuits.
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                These cultural norms center around three things:
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                    <li>Conservation</li>
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                    <li>Not prone to change</li>
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                    <li>Pride</li>
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            <h3>Conservation during hunting</h3>
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                Although their lives are not dependent on hunting, the Canadian
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                Inuits consider food from the grocery stores "impure" and they
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                like to hunt their own food.
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                It would thus not be normal for a family to buy most of their food
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                from grocery stores, only when necessary and when to people cannot
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                hunt and share. If a family did not hunt, it would be considered a
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                violation to the community. Therefore, it is still essential in life
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                to learn hunting skills and be well acquainted with the land and
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                the seasons.
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                Not sharing would be a big violation of social norms since the
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                emphasis on group or their "collective culture" has still been
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                Over-hunting is prohibited.
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                It would go against social norms to kill animals during mating
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                season-sacred time for them as a time for life but also to allow
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                the animals to repopulate.
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                They mainly on outside medicine, but still use herbs in nature.
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                They still live in houses and watch TV but remain bound to the
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                land and their culture, and hunt.
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                Because Inuit culture centers around their land, they are
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                conservationists who have utmost respect for the land and
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                animals. This strict norm with land being a powerful part of
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                culture has kept their lands clean through today.
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            <h3>Not prone to change</h3>
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                Although absorbing the outside world, the Inuits still keep an
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                isolationist policy so they can retain their culture.
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                Inuits moving away would be considered lost, which is why there are
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                no Inuit organizations outside of Alaska, Greenland or Denmark.
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                Outside of these countries the word "Inuit" or "Eskimo" has little
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                meaning. If they leave their land, they are no longer Inuit. As
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                culturally competent as they become in the real world, they still
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                live in their native lands with their people.
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                Elders pass down all acceptable behavior. Behavior resembling outside
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                media sources has little toleration.
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                Disrespecting elders is not tolerated at all.
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                Elders are regarded with a high level of respect, just like other
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                cultures from the East.
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                Hunting is still central to life and Inuits take each season seriously.
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                Inuits were not nomadic people but rather people who stayed in the
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                same spot and learned every small detail of their land.
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                It would not be a norm for Inuits not to be able to distinguish what
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                seasons are for what kind of hunting. They had to know the land like
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                the back of their hand. It is passed down, expected, for Inuits to
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                know instinctively.
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                They use the same resources year after year.
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                Every season has significance.
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            <h3>Pride</h3>
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                We have to acknowledge that Inuit children will be absorbing behavior
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                from popular culture, but still keep true to their roots since they
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                are in continuous contact with peers meeting goals in Inuit culture.
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                An Inuit who did not know how to speak <em>Inuk</em> would be considered
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                Just as the Japanese are "polite" to others, the others are still
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                outsiders. Inuits are the same in that outsiders will be treated
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                with kindness but not the same level of respect as other Inuits.
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                In Greenland and Denmark this is a little different since Inuits
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                have intermarried.
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                They still pass down language, for it is the only true way to
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                remain distinguishable.
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                Inuits or Canada speak Inuk only to each other. Even in Greenland
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                and Denmark, with interracial marriage, the norm is to speak
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                Inuk to each other.
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                It is the norm for Inuit children to learn Inuit culture as a primary
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                part of school curriculum. Drum dance and fold-singing are always
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