ANTH 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gilgit-Baltistan, Seal Hunting, Blubber
8 Mar 2016
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Ties of blood and marriage, one large family. Men ready themselves for seal hunt, dogs pull the sleds. Feast on seal meat after successful hunt. Children are put to sleep with stories, never forget what they hear, this is how they get all their knowledge. When eating seal blubber little boys are first to get a bite, girls are given a drink of fresh blood. Each family is entitled to a particular part of the seal and that part only. Funny face mouth pulling games keep inuit people busy. Use examples from the course material to illustrate your answer: 2. Discuss the importance of country food or substinence production" as it sometimes is called, to aboriginal communities in northern areas, especially in terms of the health, nutrition and economic aspects of such food: 3. If you were the minister of indian affairs in canada, what policy changes would you make in the present structure of aboriginal-government relations.
