Piita, Inuit
Piita Irniq is Inuit and a survivor of residential school. He is a hunter and teaches about Inuit culture and about Inuit history, about igloo life.
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Click Here- Supporting our young people today (2:37)
- We borrow this life for a short time and must live in harmony (1:54)
- Closeness of family is important at end of life (1:33)
- Love is an important word in our culture (1:24)
- Inuit naming traditions (1:51)
- An Inuit-focused home for Elders with dementia and Alzheimers (6:15)
- It's important to be able to ask our doctors any questions that we have (2:36)
- Sharing the Inuit language (2:49)
- I believe in the afterlife (1:48)
- Saying comforting words to a loved one at death (2:58)
- Returning home when there is no more treatment available (3:33)
- Caring for cancer patients (3:06)
- We lost our connectino to shamanism (1:25)
- As Inuit we are resilient people (3:41)
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