Culture Tikiġaġmiut



whale bones @ ceremonial site


also known tikigaqmuit or tikigaqmiut, tikiġaġmiut people used live close half year in underground whale-bone, driftwood, , dirt houses connected tunnels. tikigaqmiut today live in modern, out-dated houses. connections include spirits of ancestors, sun, moon, , animal worship. tikiġaġmiut sustain myths homeland once being great whale killed shaman s harpoon. year involves storytelling, rituals, dances, shamanic seances, puppet shows, divinations, spirit guests, encounters animal souls, , lunar rites, culminating in spring annual whale hunt.


tikiġaġmiut people have complex kinship , alliance webs.








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