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Social Science Indigenous Studies

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit

Shamanism and Reintegrating Wrongdoers into the Community

edited by Jarich Oosten & Frederic B. Laugrand

Publisher
Nunavut Arctic College
Initial publish date
Sep 2023
Category
Indigenous Studies, Shamanism, Cultural, Indigenous Peoples
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896204567
    Publish Date
    Jan 2012
    List Price
    $40.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897568675
    Publish Date
    Sep 2021
    List Price
    $27.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781897568798
    Publish Date
    Sep 2023
    List Price
    $31.95

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Description

While modern Inuit societies are still adapting themselves to the new lifestyles required by integration in a global economic market and life in much larger communities, they are affected by many social problems such as unemployment, drugs and alcohol, spousal abuse, and suicide. Many Inuit feel that the modern justice system is inadequate in dealing with these major issues and wish to turn to Inuit tradition to solve these problems. In this book, eight elders share their views on dealing with social conflicts in the traditional way and passing on shamanic knowledge, as shamans were an important part of keeping the peace and settling conflicts within the camps.

About the authors

Jarich Oosten (1945–2016) was emeritus Professor of the Department of Anthropology at Leiden University and the author of numerous publications.

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Frédéric B. Laugrand is professor of anthropology at Université Laval and FNRS Fellow at Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium, and co-author of Inuit Shamanism and Christianity: Transitions and Transformation in the Twentieth Century. Jarich G. Oos

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