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INUIT GENDER ROLES

==Within the Copper Inuit culture there are certain roles that men and woman absorb in order to create an efficient society and be accepted by their peers and elders. M en are traditionally hunters and fishermen, gathering food and supplies in order to support his family and fellow Inuit. The women care for the children, clean the home, sew, process food, and cook the game the men return with. ==

==Within the Inuit culture marital customs among the Inuit were not strictly monogamous. While today most of the marriages are officially monogamous many Inuit relationships both today and in previous times were implicitly or explicitly sexual. Before the influence of modern day as well as European culture, marriage was common for women when they reached puberty and for men when they became productive hunters. Every household had its head, an elder or particularly respected mangoods are shared within a household and often with a whole community. == ==Inuit were traditionally hunters and gatherers and have been referred to as nomadic. Today the ‍ majority of jobs held by Inuit are provided by federal and territorial governments. Today common jobs held by Inuit are the construction, maintenance of facilities or equipment, bus and taxi driving, and municipal services provide most of the jobs open to native women. Inuit women usually find work as domestic servants, store ** clerks, hospital aides, classroom assistants, and interpreters. **==

==Social Organization: Social organization was based on kinship and on various types of formal partnership, and affiliation between individuals tended to be more a matter of personal choice than is usually found among other Inuit groups. ==

media type="youtube" key="Ric3wCElO4Y" height="315" width="420" align="left" == · This video supplies solid examples of the gender roles within the community as well as the strong valued relationships that are formed between the Inuit. It also is able to supply evidence of the Inuit's unique relationship between the people and nature. ==