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                <li class="ltop"><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
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                <li class="top"><a href="ira.html">Religion</a></li>
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                <li class="top"><a href="susana.html">Language</a></li>
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                <li class="top"><a href="parham.html">Business Communication</a></li>
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                <li class="lbottom"><a href="ryan.html">Environment</a></li>
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                <li class="bottom"><a href="maricela.html">Family Life</a></li>
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                <li class="bottom"><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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                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</h3>
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                To conserve their traditional way of life, the Inuit try to
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                maintain their hunting practices. Although their lives are not
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                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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                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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                important.
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                The Inuits have adapted to modern norms, such as living
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                in houses and watching television, but they remain bound to the
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                land and to their culture.
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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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                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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                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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            <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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                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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                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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