Sharing is thoughtful, loving, reasonable, effort.
Sharing includes you, me, Elders and all the people.
Sharing is a gift of love.
It gives time, money, food, clothing.
It makes you feel good.
Sharing needs patience, thankfulness and thinking of
others.
Sharing fears laziness, stinginess and loneliness.
Sharing relates to Iñupiaq people by
- Loving One Another -
Fourth graders
Kiana
Sharing is . . .
Chopping wood, cleaning up, washing dishes,
sweeping the floor, going to the store for other people, helping them to
get ready, hanging up
clothes,
washing clothes, finding stuff for others, sharing popcorn, sharing
clothes, picking up trash, giving someone new shoes and washing
the floor.
Sharing is important. If an old man or lady is too
old to hunt, then they will starve if you don’t share. If you are
old, a person will hunt for you. That is being an Eskimo.
Photo courtesy of Christine Ahlalook
Shaun Johnson
11th grade
Kiana
Sharing is important to the Iñupiaq culture. Without cooperation
and sharing of raw materials and resources, many cultures
couldn’t survive.
It is important to help each other, share meat, wood and
shelter. This cultural value has helped Inupiat peoples survive and thrive
in such a
harsh environment.
In the past, during times of starvation,
it was important that everyone work together and share limited foods.
If
this value
wasn’t held
by our people, the culture would have died generations
ago.
Sharing is still an important value for today’s
Inupiat. With the clash of cultures, some people don’t
have the survival skills to go out and get food or survive
out in the country.
Iñupiat
Ilitqusiat