In six pages this paper examines the Eskimo rituals regarding death and mourning within the context of the Model for Cultural Competence developed by Purcell. Two visuals are listed and seven sources are cited in the bibliography.
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examine death and its rituals among Eskimos . Bibliography lists 7 sources - 2 visuals. BBeskmoR.doc THE ESKIMO SPIRIT NEVER DIES
Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., October 2000 Introduction: One of the greatest human fears is death. We superstitiously
think that if we dont talk about it, we do not have to deal with it, but according to Purnells Model for Cultural Competence, mourning, death and its attending rituals
are commonalities, which all humans share. This discussion will examine death and its rituals among Eskimos. "Purnells Model for Cultural Competence": According to Moncure (1996), the model is
a circle, with the outlying rim "community," the next rim "family" and an inner rim named "person." The interior of the circle is cut into 12 pie-shaped wedges dealing with
such issues as nutrition, death, pregnancy, high-risk behaviors and family organization, which all societies and humans share. Eskimo: Eskimos are known today under a variety of names,
"Eskimo" or "Inuit" in Alaska, "Inuit" in Canada, and "Kalaadlit" in Greenland. The geographic extent of their Alaskan territory covers thousands of miles of coastline. To the east, according to
Orr (2000), peoples closely related to Alaskan Eskimos occupy the vast expanse of the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, and to the west, across Bering Strait, they inhabited coastal regions of
Chukotka. This distribution, more than 6,000 miles (as the raven flies), across the top of the North American continent, makes Eskimos the most widespread aboriginal population in the New World.
According to Orr (2000) throughout this huge region, the unity of Eskimo culture is enhanced by their possession of similar languages,