On 21 Dec 2009 at 13:49, Allen Esterson wrote: > Re the article on the Inuit that Beth Benoit cited: > > http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2009/12/21/through_inuit_eyes/ > > I'm sure some of the mores of the Inuit are very strange to Americans > or Europeans, but with several of the examples in the article I find it > strange that the author should think them strange.
Here's one which does seem to me to be rather strange from our southern point of view: "Nunavut is one of the few jurisdictions in Canada to allow private adoptions, thanks in part to the Inuit tradition of customary adoption, in which generations of Inuit mothers have occasionally given their babies to sisters, or other women in their families or communities, who couldn´t have children of their own." "There is no stigma attached to adoption among the Inuit, who speak of the practice in Inuktitut not as "giving away" a child, but of "making a gift" - both to the child and to the new parents." http://tinyurl.com/ygbnst6 Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
