Does your group want to incorporate traditional ways to support their health and healing? Or would they prefer a Western-based approach? Types of Activities Inuit Materials Art-based Activities Traditional art activities: Oil Carving Black soot Tattooing Tools Sewing (e.g., clothes/ tents/ Needles dog traces/ harnesses) Stones Singing (ajaaja) Skins Storytelling Throat singing Making inuksuks Making drums Playing Inuit games Modern art activities: Drawing Stenciling Crocheting Knitting Photography Making jewelry Land- or Sea-based Activities Working on skinning, stretching and Traditional materials: drying skins Stone Parts of animals (i.e., bone, Making ulus (woman's traditional ivory, antlers, teeth, or horns) knives) Oil Making or fixing dog team Top layer of earth equipment and sleds Making or fixing Qajaq/kayaks, boats Modern equipment , and paddles Wood Making or fixing three-pronged fish
Does your group want to incorporate traditional ways to support their health and healing? Or would they prefer a Western-based approach? Types of Activities Inuit Materials Art-based Activities Traditional art activities: Carving Tattooing Sewing (e.g., clothes/ tents/ dog traces/ harnesses) Singing (ajaaja) Storytelling Throat singing Making inuksuks Making drums Playing Inuit games Modern art activities: Drawing Stenciling Crocheting Knitting Photography Making jewelry Oil Black soot Tools Needles Stones Skins Land- or Sea-based Activities Working on skinning, stretching and drying skins Making ulus (woman's traditional knives) Making or fixing dog team equipment and sleds Making or fixing Qajaq/kayaks, boats , and paddles Making or fixing three-pronged fish Traditional materials: Stone Parts of animals (i.e., bone, ivory, antlers, teeth, or horns) Oil Top layer of earth Modern equipment Wood
5.%20Helper%27s%20Resources.docx