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t. e. The Inuit are an indigenous people of the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America (parts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland). The ancestors of the present-day Inuit are culturally related to Iñupiat (northern Alaska), and Yupik (Siberia and western Alaska), [1] and the Aleut who live in the Aleutian Islands of Siberia and Alaska.
v. t. e. Inuit religion is the shared spiritual beliefs and practices of the Inuit, an indigenous people from Alaska, northern Canada, parts of Siberia, and Greenland. Their religion shares many similarities with some Alaska Native religions. Traditional Inuit religious practices include animism and shamanism, in which spiritual healers mediate ...
Uukturausingit. The NunatuKavummiut, also called the "people of NunatuKavut ", are an Indigenous people living in central to southern Labrador, and are of mixed Inuit and European heritage. While some members of NunatuKavut communities has used the term métis, they are unrelated Métis people, particularly the Red River Colony of Western Canada.
Thule people. The different cultures in Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland and the Canadian arctic islands between 900AD and 1500AD. The Thule (/ ˈθjuːli / THEW-lee, US also / ˈtuːli / TOO-lee) [1][2] or proto-Inuit were the ancestors of all modern Inuit. They developed in coastal Alaska by the year 1000 and expanded eastward across ...
The Seneca sachem Handsome Lake, also known as Ganeodiyo, [216] introduced a new religious system to the Iroquois in the late 18th century, [236] which incorporated Quaker beliefs along with traditional Iroquoian culture. [215] Handsome Lake's teachings include a focus on parenting, appreciation of life, and peace. [216]
While the personal experiences of non-natives who visited the Indigenous people of what is now called Alaska formed the basis of early research, by the mid-20th century archaeological excavations in southwestern Alaska allowed scholars to study the effects of foreign trade goods on 19th-century Eskimo material culture. [19]
The American Indian Religious Freedom Act is a United States federal law and a joint resolution of Congress that provides protection for tribal culture and traditional religious rights such as access to sacred sites, freedom to worship through traditional ceremony, and use and possession of sacred objects for Native Americans, Inuit, Aleut, and ...
The Indigenous peoples of Yukon are ethnic groups who, prior to European contact, occupied the former countries now collectively known as Yukon. While most First Nations in the Canadian territory are a part of the wider Dene Nation, there are Tlingit and Métis nations that blend into the wider spectrum of indigeneity across Canada.