Social Science Indigenous Studies
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit
Shamanism and Reintegrating Wrongdoers into the Community
- Publisher
- Nunavut Arctic College
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2023
- Category
- Indigenous Studies, Shamanism, Indigenous Peoples, Cultural
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896204567
- Publish Date
- Jan 2012
- List Price
- $40.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897568675
- Publish Date
- Sep 2021
- List Price
- $27.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781897568798
- Publish Date
- Sep 2023
- List Price
- $31.95
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Description
While modern Inuit societies are still adapting themselves to the new lifestyles required by integration in a global economic market and life in much larger communities, they are affected by many social problems such as unemployment, drugs and alcohol, spousal abuse, and suicide. Many Inuit feel that the modern justice system is inadequate in dealing with these major issues and wish to turn to Inuit tradition to solve these problems. In this book, eight elders share their views on dealing with social conflicts in the traditional way and passing on shamanic knowledge, as shamans were an important part of keeping the peace and settling conflicts within the camps.
About the authors
Jarich Oosten (1945–2016) was emeritus Professor of the Department of Anthropology at Leiden University and the author of numerous publications.
Frédéric B. Laugrand is professor of anthropology at Université Laval and FNRS Fellow at Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium, and co-author of Inuit Shamanism and Christianity: Transitions and Transformation in the Twentieth Century. Jarich G. Oos