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Valentine’s Day in Nunavut
Last Thursday, CBC News celebrated Valentine’s Day by posting a story about a woman who has formed a matchmaking Facebook group for Inuit singles. The report gives an impression of the difficulties some Inuit singles experience in meeting eligible partners. Angela Aula started the new group in January from her home in Toronto, calling it […]
Young Ladakhis Try to Modernize [journal article review]
Ladakhi adolescents are often left in limbo between desires for modernity and tensions about their traditional moral values. Many desire sexual freedom but they are also torn by loyalty to their society and their culture. A journal article by Jennifer Aengst explores the tensions handled by young Ladakhis as they seek to modernize in a […]
Daily Life at a Manitoba Hutterite Colony
Some observers might assume that nothing exciting ever happens in a hog barn, but the regular, daily work of raising pigs is an important part of Hutterite life. At least it is with some Manitoba Hutterites at the Starlite Colony near Starbuck, Manitoba, just west of Winnipeg, which a couple interns from the Winnipeg Free […]
