Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact
The women of northwestern Greenland experienced contact with Euro-American men in multiple ways and in a variety of geographical contexts. Together the archaeological record and unpublished historical documents reveal the complexities of these situations and women’s responses to them. Archaeological...
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crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic4624 2024-06-09T07:41:32+00:00 Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact LeMoine, Genevieve M. Kaplan, Susan A. Darwent, Christyann M. 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4624 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/67662/51558 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ARCTIC volume 69, issue 5 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 2017 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4624 2024-05-14T12:53:43Z The women of northwestern Greenland experienced contact with Euro-American men in multiple ways and in a variety of geographical contexts. Together the archaeological record and unpublished historical documents reveal the complexities of these situations and women’s responses to them. Archaeological and documentary data from two early 20th-century contact situations at Iita in northwestern Greenland and Floeberg Beach on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, highlight the varied nature of women’s responses to contact and the ways in which interaction with newcomers affected them individually and collectively. The women’s responses varied over time and across space. They responded to both the stresses and the opportunities of contact with resilience and resistance, acceptance and rejection, depending on circumstances. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ellesmere Island Greenland Inughuit Nunavut Arctic Institute of North America Ellesmere Island Floeberg Beach ENVELOPE(-61.479,-61.479,82.460,82.460) Greenland Nunavut ARCTIC 69 5 |
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The women of northwestern Greenland experienced contact with Euro-American men in multiple ways and in a variety of geographical contexts. Together the archaeological record and unpublished historical documents reveal the complexities of these situations and women’s responses to them. Archaeological and documentary data from two early 20th-century contact situations at Iita in northwestern Greenland and Floeberg Beach on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, highlight the varied nature of women’s responses to contact and the ways in which interaction with newcomers affected them individually and collectively. The women’s responses varied over time and across space. They responded to both the stresses and the opportunities of contact with resilience and resistance, acceptance and rejection, depending on circumstances. |
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Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact |
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The Arctic Institute of North America |
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