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            <h1>Interesting Facts</h1>

            <h3>Do's and Do Not's</h3>

            <b>Do:</b>
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                        Offer to share with others
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                        Respect the region you are in, especially the natural aspect - this
                        culture has survived in the Artic for thousands of years living off the land
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                        Refer to your point in a roundabout way without being too direct
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                        Respect the elderly - they are revered in the Inuit culture due
                        to their life experiences
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                        Show value to the group - the Inuit are an egalitarian people
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                        Cooperate as much as possible - this leads to a promotion of
                        face for both parties
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                        Ask "Where are you from?" when greeting an Inuit for the
                        first time - this is the common introduction
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                        Find a mediator when a conflict arises - the elderly
                        usually take this role
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            <b>Do Not:</b>
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                        Refer to an Inuit as an Eskimo - even though some
                        may not feel any resentment to the term
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                        Physically contact another person without their permission in
                        public - this value changes regionally
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                        Approach the people as religiously foreign - some Inuit have
                        converted to Christianity through missionaries
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                        Give store bought produce to an Inuit
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                        Yell - Inuit believe yelling leads to the deafening of reason
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                        Give an "Eskimo kiss" or nose kiss - this is reserved as a
                        mother and child interaction
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            <h3>Throat Singing</h3>

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                        Throat singing was a cultural form of artistic expression brought
                        from Asia by the Inuit. Priests originally deemed throat singing
                        illegal. As the ban was lifted 20 to 30 years ago, throat singing
                        has seen an influx in Inuit culture.
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                        Sounds and words with meaningless syllables are commonly used in the
                        songs. Inuit singers take create new words from ancestors, current
                        events, animal sounds, or just noises of everyday life.
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                        Inuit throat singing develops a cultural identity among the youth. In
                        an era of globalization, the Inuit have been left to fend for themselves
                        dealing with integration and survival of their culture.
                        Throat singing allows the Inuit to connect with their own cultural past.
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                Inuit Throat Singers (source:
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            <h3>Oral Tradition Facts and Myths</h3>

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                        The Inuit have a tradition of taking vengeance others if they do
                        someone wrong, raiders in particular. Most of these tales are not
                        accurate accounts, but self serving myths.
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                        Breaking Inuit law resulted in corporale punishment, as the tradition
                        of vengeance goes. The story of  Atanarjuat shows that "within a
                        community, punishments were meted out by community decision, or by
                        the elders, and a breach meant that the victim and his or her relatives
                        could seek out restitution or revenge."
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