2007-07-12 22:36:14 · 13 answers · asked by WM 2 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
When I was growing up we had a family friend who was an Inuit. He, and all Inuit, actually hate being called "Eskimo", because the word Eskimo was brought to them from the colonialists, where as Inuit was a self appointed name agreed upon to represent all Inuit by all the different Inuit groups. Inuit means "The People" in their language. They are actually a very proud people who know the significance of surviving in a world as harsh as theirs. Even though as part of the Canadian treaty process they have had their culture perverted to a degree, they have still maintained many of their customs. Our family friend had trained and was practicing as a doctor, but he was very depressed by what was happening to his people. I have not spoken with him in about 15 years, but I'm sure that he would even be more distraught today because of the fact that global warming is now negatively effecting their cultural practices and making their hunting practices nearly impossible to conduct on the soft ice which is precarious and breaking off constantly. SInce that time I have also learned an interesting biological adaption of the Inuit while studying physical anthropology. Apaarently this population of peoples have reduced sweating in their palms of their hands and on the soles of their feet because many generations of selection of individuals less prone to frostbite was a significant selective pressure amongst them.
2007-07-16 20:55:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-07-13 09:12:10 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-21 02:50:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I ate cherries I had just picked that day with a fairly drunk man on a bridge in Vancouver City who called himself an Eskmo. He was proud of his dental health, a legacy of his family history of eating raw flesh he told me, and proceeded to crush the cherry pits in his teeth. I was impressed. Upon his request I serenaded him with Billy Joel's Piano Man. Sorry Billy, I did my best to stay in key.
2007-07-13 01:58:37 · answer #4 · answered by whandwhind 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, not in real life, but on tv and books. I wanted to be one for a while though.
2007-07-12 22:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eskimo pies, yummy!
2007-07-12 22:44:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. I grew up in Alaska.
2007-07-12 23:01:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope haven't been to Alaska.
2007-07-12 22:44:54 · answer #8 · answered by bekapv_219 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-07-12 22:44:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, hanging salmon up to dry.
2007-07-13 02:47:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋