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Beliefs: The Inuit speak Inuktitut. Inuktitut is an Eskimo-Aleut language which forms a linguistic chain spoken across the northern part of North America. Having a linguistic language means that neighboring languages and your languages are mutually similar, so people can understand each other, even if they technically speak different languages, but outside languages arent understandable. these linguistic chains are considered one language. So inuktitut, inupiaq, inupiatun, the eastern and western inuktitut languages of Canada, and Greenlandic are all classified as one language!

[] This source is a source spacifically for the inuit language. It has good info on the language and how it relates to others.

Behaviors: Inuit people survive on food they receive from hunting. They hunt things like polar bears, seals, walrus, whales, birds, and etc. They hunt using weapons such as knives, harpoons, rifles, and hand made weaponry. When hunting whales (whaling), or other fish, the inuit would normally use a leister. A leister was made from musk ox's horns, and the flanking barb lines and shaft were made from ivory. Hunting animals like polar bears, however, the inuit would use weapons like rifles or knives. In the summer, the inuit would rely more on hunting birds.

I chose this image because it demonstrated how the inuit people hunt and kill. Also what they do to get food.

Values: Inuits like small scale living. Which means they are not into the big urban type living. No cars, high rise buildings, or factories. The basic Inuit values are nunamut ataqqinninneq, akisussaassuseq, tukkussuseq, inuk namminek. Those basically translate to pride, responsibility, generosity/hospitality, and independance/strength. [] Inuit values are also dependant on art. Older Inuit art is more primitive looking and not as intricately designed as todays Inuit art. Inuit art is based on smaller pieces since Inuit people were more nomadic before they established Inuit communities. It wasnt practical for Inuit artisans to carry large pieces with them. I chose this picture because it was a great example of how they would make smaller pieces. Plus it was of a polar bear, which is a main component for hunting for the Inuit people.

Beliefs: Inuit people believed in spirits. They would do spacific things to please the spirits. They believed everything and everyone including, humans, animals, and any other living thing had a spirit. They also believed in spirits such as wind, weather, sun and moon. They also believed that if they didnt follow the spirits rules, or did not please the spirits they would be punished with illness or misfortune.

[] i chose this source because it was the best site i could find that talked about the beliefs.

I think cultural change could have either a large or small effect on our society. I think it could turn out to have a large effect if the change starts becoming overwhelming, and happening anywhere and everywhere. Then a small effect if the change really doesnt happen all that quick and keeps controlled. I think we just need to keep the amount of change to a point that can be kept controlled to a point.