Yes Anthro

1. What about the Koyukon and Inupiaq cultural knowledge of their environment resembles the controlled studies characteristic of the scientific method? Are there differences?

Anthropologist Richard Nelson travelling to this ice rich nation to study the way the Kyukon and Inupiaq live in this Artic circle. The interesting facts about his research was the way these people look at nature, whether that be the animals and or the weather to predict the next step coming. This kind of knowledge he describe was learned from thousands of years ago, generation after generation. This place possesses one of the harshest livable standards on the planet. Whatever is learned is immediately tested by these Eskimos in their hunting expedition. Nature possesses a lot of threat, but the knowledge these Indians have is unmatched to the wild beasts and animal that they procure for food. Knowledge is useful, tested and true to the groups as this truly unique understanding of their world has permitted them to thrive well in these parts. Vegetation is not a friendly in this cold and harsh weather; therefore most of the people depend on animals and fishes for their daily nutritional intake. The animals and men as stated by Nelson, live with respect. "Koyukon hunters know that an animal's life ebbs slowly, that it remains aware and sensitive to how people treat its body". Elderly are respected for their knowledge. Eskimos understand the spirit of nature; they believe that these cosmos energy can bring great understanding to their life. In years to come these will be written tales that will not be told like Nelson experience, because of the preservation of this knowledge may not create the interest in culture the elder will die and that knowledge will go as the wind fetches itself away. .

2. What do Koyukon Indians have to know to successfully hunt a bear in early winter?

3. How can Eskimos predict sudden sea squalls?

4. By what processes do Inupiaq and Koyukon learn about nature and the behavior of animals?