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All Labradorian Inuit who lacked modern surnames in 1893 were given surnames from the Moravian missionaries. [9] Traditionally, children received multiple names after birth which reflected their personality or were named after a relative. [1]
The first efforts to write Inuktitut came from Moravian missionaries in Greenland and Labrador in the mid-19th century using Latin script. The first book printed in Inuktitut using Cree script was an 8-page pamphlet known as Selections from the Gospels in the dialect of the Inuit of Little Whale River (ᒋᓴᓯᑊ ᐅᑲᐤᓯᐣᑭᐟ, "Jesus' words"), [4] printed by John Horden in 1855–56 ...
The name provides a child with a cultural tie, belonging within their community, and personal identity. [16] In addition, name-soul allows for prior family members to carry on their legacy in their family lineage even after passing. The children are raised in a family-oriented environment, as their name serves as a reminder that the group comes ...
Ikpukhuak and his angatkuq wife, Higalik (Ice House), between 1913 and 1916 Angakkuq as depicted in the Dictionnaire Infernal, 1863 edition. The Inuit angakkuq (plural: angakkuit, Inuktitut syllabics ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ or ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ; [1] [2] [3] Inuvialuktun: angatkuq; [4] Greenlandic: angakkoq, [5] pl. angakkut; [6] Iñupiaq: aŋatkuq) is an intellectual and spiritual figure in Inuit ...
An eponymous character who was born into the long extinct fictional Anasazi tribe. Linda Lay Shuler [citation needed] Tayo Ceremony: The Laguna Pueblo man and the central character of the story who is half-Pueblo and half-white. Leslie Marmon Silko [citation needed] Attean The Sign of the Beaver: He is the grandson of the Indian chief ...
Ebierbing was one of the most widely travelled Inuit in the 1860s and 1870s, he assisted Arctic explorers. [56] Peter Pitseolak was an Inuit photographer, artist and historian. [57] Pitseolak lived most of his life in traditional Inuit camps near Cape Dorset, on the southwest coast of Baffin Island, now in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. [57]
In Inuit religion, Silap Inua ('possessor of spirit', ᓯᓚᑉ ᐃᓄᐊ) or Sila ('breath, spirit', ᓯᓪᓚ) (Iñupiaq: siḷam iñua) is similar to mana or ether, the primary component of everything that exists; it is also the breath of life and the method of locomotion for any movement or change. Silla was believed to control everything ...
This is a partial list of Canadian Inuit. The Arctic and subarctic dwelling Inuit (formerly referred to as Eskimo ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous Canadians inhabiting the Northwest Territories , Nunavut , Nunavik ( Quebec ) and Nunatsiavut ( Labrador ) that are collectivity referred to as Inuit Nunangat .