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Social Science Native American Studies

Surviving in Different Worlds

Transfering Inuit Traditions from Elders to Youth

by (author) Jarich Oosten & Frederic B. Laugrand

Publisher
Nunavut Arctic College
Initial publish date
Jul 2016
Category
Native American Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896204703
    Publish Date
    Jul 2016
    List Price
    $15.00

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Surviving in Different Worlds presents information from two workshops that brought Nunavut elders and young people together to discuss Inuit traditional knowledge. In these workshops, Inuit elders discussed a variety of topics including survival, marriage, shamanism, and legends.

About the authors

Jarich Oosten (1945–2016) was emeritus Professor of the Department of Anthropology at Leiden University and the author of numerous publications.

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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

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