#inupiaq
Another reason making the Northern Water Tribe misogynistic was an interesting choice to say the very least is like,
Okay so neither men or women are considered inherently superior or inferior in Inupiaq culture but if either of them is gonna be considered to be a bit on the dumb or wimpy side, it’s probably gonna be the men. Especially the younger ones.
Like if you had to give up a kid for adoption, you were gonna want to give up a girl. Because boys were more likely to do something that could get themselves killed, even when told not to. So you were gonna want some back up sons. And boys always complained about being hungry more, when girls could supposedly handle just smelling food and be strong enough to wait. And of course, a man who had reached marrying age had to be judged fit to be a husband, but a woman who knew all her domestic skills could just up and leave for the next village to find a suitable husband (or five) and no one would stop her. The ideal wife was not someone who always agreed that her husband knew best, but someone he could look at and be filled with pride that a woman so clever and capable chose to live with him.
Women would sit through their arms being tattooed, knuckle to shoulder, without modern technology, ignoring the pain because the lines on their bodies were pretty to them. That was considered feminine.
So again, kinda weird how such a culture irl can inspire people to write a fantasy one that treats women and women’s work so dismissively.
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Person appears holding a bundle of furs.
“Hi! My name’s Siqiñiq, I am Iñuipaq from Alaska, Iñuit, and I want to show you my furs!”
They shift the furs in their arms, holding up a white with blue undertone fur.
“This is blue fox, I’m going to use this on my girl’s parka’s (atigi)”
They hold up a white and brown colored fur.
“This is lamb, which in the city many of us use as liners.”
They next switch to a caramel colored outfit.
“This is sikshrik, squirrel. This is what you would use as a liner traditionally. It’s much softer, so pretty.”
The next fur is a white-grey color.
“This is silver fox, my favorite.”
The Tiktoker holds up the finale fur.
“And my wolf!”
They wrap the wolf fur around their head.
“Okay, yesterday Biden signed support in one of the largest fossil fuel projects in North America right next to my village where my mom lives right now-“
White text that says “Willow Master Project” shows up. They put the fur down and bend closer to the camera.
“-a dynamite mine less then 10 miles away would be installed over 300 miles of pipeline. This completely goes against the Paris climate agreement.
You can take action now.
Visit the link in my profile, it’ll go to a YouTube video of testimony’s of real people in these communities. Then go to silainuat.org
Thank you!”
The video stops
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Video opens up to uncut beluga meat on a wooden cutting board, gently zooming in with an ulu at the side. It zooms out to show soy sauce collected in a white with red rimmed bowl. Another person slowly starts cutting off the raw beluga fat from the beluga skin
“Yes, this is beluga. Our favorite traditional meal, called mattak. We eat it with soy sauce, and we use this traditional knife called ulu.”
“We cut off the fat. We make sure to cut it in small pieces because it’s hard to chew, it has a rubbery texture.”
Video shows the beluga meat being diced, still connected to the skin. Person dips the mattak into soy sauce and eats it.
The person recording holds up a big and thin piece of dried caribou, turning the camera to themself as they eat it.
“And this is dried caribou, called nikkuk. It’s delicious. All of these animals are hunted by our people, family, friends, and we feed to the whole community so it’s completely—“
The audio cuts off with white text clarifying, “The animals lived a happy natural life, we do not waste any part of the animal. We need to STOP the stereotypes of this being “cruel” and “inhumane”. This is the best way to hunt food.“
Screen switches to the Tik Toker’s name and username, Shina Nova / @shinanova
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