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1. How would you describe the Alutiiq people?

Hint: a sociological investigation would describe a specific people by focusing on their values and social institutions-how the people organize themselves, their social relations internal to the group, and external relations with other groups, and how their values come to be expressed in their social activities.

2. In what respect is the term 'Eskimo' ethnocentric?

3. How did the cultures of the 'Kodiak archipelago' change and adapt during the 'five periods' cited in the readings?

4. How would you describe Alutiiq cosmology and Alutiiq values?

5. In what respect does the yearly calendar reflect the Alutiiq people's adaptation to the environment and the expression of Alutiiq culture?

6. Use the materials discussed in the readings to describe Alutiiq

(i) material culture, and

(ii) the normative (non-material) components of Alutiiq culture, including values, norms, ideology, technologies, and

(iii) social structure, including social ranking or status, gender roles, and kinship organization. (Hint: the readings describe many facts and dimensions about Alutiiq people; use the facts mentioned in the reading to inform YOUR description of (i), (ii), and (iii).