Among Unknown Eskimo
Among Unknown Eskimo

Author: Julian W. Bilby

Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company

Published: 1923

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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Narrative description of living conditions and culture of the Eskimo of Baffin Island in the early twentieth century.

Shamanism
Shamanism

Author: Mircea Eliade

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2004-02-08

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 0691119422

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Surveys the practice of Shamanism over two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia--where Shamanism was first observed--to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the Shaman--at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet.

Structured Worlds
Structured Worlds

Author: Aubrey Cannon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-10-14

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1317544226

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Hunter-gatherer societies are constrained by their environment and the technologies available to them. However, until now the role of culture in foraging communities has not been widely considered. 'Structured Worlds' examines the role of cosmology, values, and perceptions in the archaeological histories of hunter-fisher-gatherers. The essays examine a range of cultures - Mesolithic Europe, Siberia, Jomon Japan, the Northwest Coast, the northern Plains, and High Arctic of North America - to show the role of conceptual frameworks in subsistence and settlement, technology, mobility, migration, demography, and social organization. Spanning from the early Holocene period to the present day, 'Structured Worlds' draws on archaeology and ethnography to explore the role of beliefs, ritual, and social values in the interaction between foragers and their physical and social landscape. Material culture, animal bones and settlement patterns show that the behaviours of hunter-gatherers were shaped as much by cultural concepts as by material need.

Northern Voices
Northern Voices

Author: Penny Petrone

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2017-05-24

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1487516916

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Inuit of northern Canada have a rich oral tradition in their ancient languages and a more recent tradition of written English. Penny Petrone traces the two paths that link the cultural past of arctic peoples with its expression in the present day. The book's first section includes traditional legends, myths, folk history told by native story-tellers, and poetry sung by Inuit composers. The second presents statements and observations by some of the first Inuit to come into contact with European newcomers, including official reports, interviews, letters, and diaries. Next are early poetry and prose in translation, much of it autobiographical. The final section includes contemporary Inuit writing, from essays and speeches to fiction, poetry, and other genres of imaginative literature. The editor has provided an introduction for each item and arranged the material chronologically to give historical perspective and continuity to the whole.