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The Inuit are an indigenous people of the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America (parts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland).The ancestors of the present-day Inuit are culturally related to Iñupiat (northern Alaska), and Yupik (Siberia and western Alaska), [1] and the Aleut who live in the Aleutian Islands of Siberia and Alaska.
Wearing skin clothing can communicate one's cultural affiliation to Inuit culture in general or to a specific group. [293] Decorated kamiit are regarded as an important symbol of Inuit identity and a uniquely female art. [294] The amauti is also considered symbolic of Inuit women and motherhood.
Items previously produced as decorative tools or amulets for the angakkuq , such as carvings of animals and hunting or camping scenes, became trade commodities. Inuit artists also began producing ivory miniatures specifically as trade goods, to decorate European rifles, tools, boats, and musical instruments.
Most Inuit men working on whaling ships across the Arctic adopted cloth garments completely during the summer, generally retaining only their waterproof sealskin kamiit. [47] [32] While Inuit men easily adopted outside clothing, the women's amauti, specifically tailored to its function as a mother's garment, had no European ready-made equivalent.
This category collects articles on Inuit culture. The Inuit include the Inupiat of the North Slope and Seward Peninsula in Alaska (part of USA), the Inuit of Canada (in Yukon, North-West Territory, Nunavut, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador), and the Kalaallit of Greenland (part of the Kingdom of Denmark). The Yupik of Russia and Alaska are ...
Inuit culture is alive and vibrant today in spite of the negative impacts of recent history. An important biennial event, the Arctic Winter Games, is held in communities across the northern regions of the world, featuring traditional Inuit and northern sports as part of the events. A cultural event is also held.
The efforts of Anglican missionary Edmund Peck, who was fluent in Inuktitut, were particularly effective in extirpating Inuit cultural and religious practices, including kakiniit. [9] However, the practice was not entirely extirpated during the time, and the practice went underground.
Anthropological study of Inuit culture and clothing by Danish, American, and Canadian scholars was common in the 19th and early 20th centuries. [11] These sources focused on the physical aspects of Inuit clothing that enabled survival in the extreme Arctic environment, as well as the technical aspects involved in garment production. [12]