Silatuniq

Respectful state of being in the world

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ID3800867
AuthorsBetsy Annahatak (P.O. Box 103, Kangirsuk, Quebec J0M 1A0, Canada, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume38
Issue1-2
Pages23-31
Publication date2015-02-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueÉtudes/Inuit/Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0701-1008 • E-ISSN: 1708-5268
PublisherConsortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.7202/1028851ar
OpenAlexW1616401597
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited3

This paper focuses on silatuniq, a mode of being respectful or wise toward all that one encounters and interacts with in the world. Based on my personal background, I try to explain how Inuit in my region were culturally raised from childhood to adulthood to acquire values, skills, and knowledge to become competent in our society. This article is the result of my lifelong experience of having lived during a phase of cultural transition, from hunting camps to community life, then having lived as a student during the introduction of mainstream schooling in Kangirsuk, and finally working as an educator to make changes in Inuit education. A diagram illustrates how silatuniq, a sign of maturity, can be visualized as the central goal of the development of Inuit children as they acquire interrelated customary values and cultural rules. Hopefully this goal can apply to today's Inuit schooling

Lifelong learning · Lived experience · Mainstream · Maturity (psychological · Pedagogy · Political science · Sign (mathematics · Sociology · State (computer science · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Psychology

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