Aug 8, 2016
The spirituality of tribes in the north that fall under the larger banner of “Inuit” (though some, like the Yup’ik, self-identify as distinct and separate groups from the properly-named Inuit) is complex. Their traditional spiritual practices were
Image: Jessie Oonark, c. 1906-85 (Inuit), Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada, A Shaman’s Helping Spirits, 1971. Stone cut, stencil, 37 x 25 ¼ in. Canadian Museum of History, BL 1971-009, IMG2009-0184-0003-Dm; Public Trustee for Nunavut, Estate of Jessie Oonark. Image via 150 Years of Canadian Art – A Linked Open Data Project
