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Anthropology (ANTH) 307
The Inuit Way (Revision 4)

Revision 4 closed, replaced by current version.

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Delivery mode: Individualized study or grouped study.

Credits: 3 - Social Science.

Prerequisite: ANTH 275 is recommended.

Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies

ANTH 307 has a Challenge for Credit option.

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Overview

This course is designed to provide the student with a general understanding of Inuit adaptations to the Arctic through time. While the course discusses some regional cultural adaptations the primary focus is on the Canadian Inuit.

Outline

Unit 1: The Land and Peoples of the Arctic

Unit 2: Inuit Origins

Unit 3: The Food Quest

Unit 4: Social Collaboration

Unit 5: Social Tension and Conflict

Unit 6: Spiritual Life

Unit 7: Creative Expression

Unit 8: The Explorers

Unit 9: Whalers, Missionaries, Traders, and Government Officials

Unit 10: Settlement Life

Unit 11: Kabloona

Unit 12: Nunavut and Beyond

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Evaluation

To receive credit for ANTH 307, you must obtain a grade of 50 per cent or better on both examinations. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

Map quiz
5%
Essay Assignment 1
25%
Quiz 2
5%
Mid-term Exam
15%
Essay Assignment 2
30%
Quiz 3
5%
Final Exam
15%
Total
100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Balikci, Asen. The Netsilik Eskimo. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1989.

Brody, Hugh. The People's Land: Inuit, Whites and the Eastern Arctic. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 1991.

Matthiasson, John S. Living on the Land: Change among the Inuit of Baffin Island. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 1996.

McGhee, Robert. Canadian Arctic Prehistory. Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1990.

Dahl, Jens, Jack Hicks and Peter Jull, editors. Nunavut: Inuit Regain Control of Their Lives. Copenhagen: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, 2000.

Other Materials

The course materials also include a study guide, student manual, and a reading file.

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