The Netsilik EskimoEthnographic description of traditional way of life of Netsilingmiut based on data collected during field trips among Arviligjvarmiut of Pelly Bay, NWT, 1959-65. |
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Netsilik Technology | 3 |
Subsistence Activities and Camp Life | 23 |
Kinship and the Nuclear Family | 93 |
Copyright | |
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activities Adelaide Peninsula Aivilik amulets angatkok animals antler Arctic arrows bearded seal became blubber bone Boothia Isthmus boys breathing hole brother caches camp fellows caribou hunting caribou skins clothing collaboration consanguineal cousins death dogs elderly evil spirits extended family father female fish girls harpoon herds hunter husband igloo important individual infanticide kayak killed King William Island kinship lake trout leister lived marriage married meat migration mother murder musk-ox Nakasuk Netsilik area Netsilik Eskimos non-relatives nuclear family Nuliajuk partners patrilocal residence Pelly Bay Peninsula piece pulled Rasmussen relatives river salmon trout sea ice seal hunting sealskin season shaman shamanistic sharing silik sinew sledge snow blocks snow knife soapstone soapstone lamp social song souls spear Steenhoven stone weir suicide summer supernatural taboos techniques tent thongs tion took place tunraq usually wife winter wives woman women young