Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: LeMoine, Genevieve M., Kaplan, Susan A., Darwent, Christyann M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2017
• Subjects: Inughuit; Robert E. Peary; George Wardwell; Floeberg Beach; Cape Sheridan; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; women; pibloktoq; ‘Arctic hysteria’; cap Sheridan; île d’Ellesmere; femmes; hystérie arctique; Arctic; Greenland; Peary; Venus; Arctique*; Groenland
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67662

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 Together the archaeological record and unpublished historical documents reveal the complexities of these situations and women’s responses to them.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...