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NANOOK - In Inuit religion, Nanook (Inuktitut: , [nanuq], lit. "polar bear") was the master of bears, meaning he decided if hunters deserved success in findin...
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| One of the earliest documentaries was Robert Flaherty's 1922 film about this title Eskimo "of the North" |
| This 1922 film subject "of the North" perished from starvation shortly after the film was completed |
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| In Inuit religion, Nanook (Inuktitut: , [nanuq], lit. "polar bear") was the master of bears, meaning he decided if hunters deserved success in finding and hunting bears and punished violations of taboos. The word was popularized by Nanook of the North, the first feature-length documentary.The Inuit believed that Nanuk, the polar bear, was powerful and mighty, and they thought that he was "almost man". The Inuit hunters would worship this great bear because they believed that he decided if the hunters would be successful. In the past, the Inuit ate polar bear meat and used the fur to make warm trousers for men and kamiks (soft boots) for women. Respect was given to Nanuk by the hunter hanging the bears hide in a special section of his igloo, where it would stay for several days. They would also offer the bears spirit weapons and other hunting tools if it was a male, and needle cases, scrapers (used to scrape the fat off hides) and knives if it was female. Native people believed that pol |