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This wide-ranging treatment of daily life in the contemporary Inuit communities of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland reveals the very modern ways of being Inuit.

Table of Contents

Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Chronology 1. Family Life 2. Language and Intellectual Life 3. Economic Life 4. Community Life 5. Material Life 6. Political Life 7. Religious Life 8. Sports and Recreation 9. Expressive and Popular Culture 10. Visual Arts 11. Health and Medicine 12. Inuit in International Political Arenas Glossary Appendix: Places Mentioned in the Text Further Reading Index

About the Author

Pamela R. Stern, PhD, is adjunct professor of anthropology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.