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(i) Are Eskimos still living in their conventional ways?(ii) What changes can be seen in their lifestyle now?

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(i) No, Eskimos are not living in their conventional way due to the changing environment as a result of increased contacts with societies to the south.

(ii) Eskimo life has changed greatly because of increased contacts with societies to the south.

  • They were using harpoons for hunting, now they are using rifles. They were using dogs for land transport, now they are using snowmobiles.
  • Outboard motors, store-bought clothing and many other manufactured products have entered into their culture.
  • Women are taking salaried jobs to earn currency for store-bought products. As a result, women are losing their knowledge of traditional skills such as sewing animal skin.
  • Many Eskimos are not doing nomadic hunting which was their main activity. Now they are living in northern towns and cities and working in mines and oil fields.
  • Some Eskimos in Canada have formed cooperative societies for marketing their handicrafts, fish catches, tourism ventures etc.


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