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    oh it’s just about Canada ‚ not very interesting you’re thinking. But believe me it is. The Inuit and Sioux and also Haida all lived in Canada they are alike in many ways and also different in many ways . The Sioux and Haida and Inuit are living in Canada.The Inuit and Sioux both eat caribou. Caribou for the Inuit is also a name for them its called Caribou Inuit‚ they lived southernmost of central Inuit. The Sioux tried to ambush the buffalo‚bison‚ caribou. But in the end they both ate caribou

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    different to the rest of Indigenous people of the Americas. The Arctic people where known as Inuits and Aleuts. They had to adapt to the harsh Arctic environment‚ and they obtained most of their food by hunting‚ trapping‚ and also fishing. Living in icy tundras‚ the Inuit people were unable to use agriculture for sustaining food. Therefore‚ hunting became the core of the culture and cultural history of the Inuit. They created different types of boats to hunt whales and other larger animals in the ocean

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    resources in order to properly defend the Arctic. They must defend the population of Inuit that currently reside in the Arctic must be protected because their way of life is changing due to their changing landscape. The gain of control over the Northwest Passage would put Canada in a position of power as well as obtaining precious resources that are now accessible due to global climate change. Even though the Inuit population of Canada’s Far North is small‚ they still play a significant role in Arctic

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    society. In the novel “Windflower”‚ Gabrielle Roy tries to show how one culture can influence another culture. In this novel‚ Roy develops the theme of cultural assimilation in Jimmys’ character by showing how his mother‚ Elsa‚ raises him‚ how the Inuit society treats him and how Jimmy feels about them. In this novel Elsa rears Jimmy in a way which was influenced by white culture. She was affected energetically by Madam Beaulieu and Mademoiselle Bourgoin. For instance; she caresses Jimmys’

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    Metis Essay

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    in addition to their mixed ancestry‚ developed their own customs‚ way of life‚ and recognizable group identity separate from their Indian or Inuit and European forebears.” The Court goes on to say that what gives the Metis their own identity is the shared “experience of having forged a new culture and a distinctive group identity from their Indian or Inuit and European roots.” While the Court here tries to avoid reducing Metis people to their mixed ancestry‚ this ancestry is still named as a defining

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    Cinema of Attraction

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    When one contemplates the concepts of cinema and attractions‚ the ideas of the modern day blockbuster film might come to mind. World disasters‚ car chases‚ and high profile police investigations are just some of the story lines that attract people to theatres year round. The term "cinema of attraction" introduced by Tom Gunning into the study of film is defined more precisely. To quote Gunning‚ a cinema of attraction: "directly solicits spectator attention‚ inciting visual curiosity‚ and supplying

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    The Explorer's Daughter

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    The Explorer’s Daughter Biography of Kari Herbert: The daughter of polar explorer‚ Sir Wally Herbert‚ Herbert spent the first few years of her life living on a remote island in the Arctic with the Inuit of Greenland. Her first language was Inuktun‚ the local language of Greenland. At the age of four Herbert accompanied her parents on a journey that took them through winter blizzards in a caravan to spend time with the Sami of Lapland. She has continued to travel there ever since. Poem description/criticism:

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    I didn’t realize there existed a full-length documentary about the Inuit‚ let alone two. After all‚ having grown up in the States‚ the only native group I’ve ever known about has been the Native American Indians. Of course‚ I’d heard of the eskimo before‚ but I knew nothing about them besides the fact that they hunted seal and lived in igloos. So‚ after watching Nanook of the North and Exiled‚ I know a lot more about the inuit than I originally did. Both films were very informative‚ but very different

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    Eskimo Culture In Alaska

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    The Eskimo People Eskimos are Indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia‚ across Alaska ‚ Canada‚ and Greenland. There are two main groups that are referred to as Eskimo: Yupik and Inuit. A third group‚ the Aleut‚ is related. The Yupik language dialects and cultures in Alaska and eastern Siberia have evolved in place beginning with the original Eskimo culture that developed in Alaska. The earliest known Eskimo cultures were Pre-Dorset Technology

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    Never Cry Wolf

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    (http://www.amazon.com/Never-Cry-Wolf-Amazing-Arctic/dp/0316881791). Because he is without any survival skills and unsure of where to go and start‚ his adventure almost ends before it even begins. He is attacked by wolves‚ but fortunately a travelling Inuit named Ootek sees and rescues him. At first‚ Tyler just tries to survive in unknown environment. He is really scared‚ so at nights he dreams of how wolves are attacking him. Contact with Tyler’s quarry comes quickly – he notices two wolves. In his notebook

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