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𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹.

There is more than one way to save the planet.

"Raw seal and sea-otter, whale and sea-lion blubber, fish, roots, and berries are staple articles of food among the Aleuts. To procure vegetable food is too much trouble. A dead, half-putrefied whale washed ashore is always the occasion of great rejoicing. From all parts the people congregate upon the shore, lay in their winter supplies, and stuff themselves until not a morsel remains. November is their best hunting-season. Whale-fishing is confined to certain families, and the spirit of the craft descends from father to son. Birds are caught in a net attached to the end of a pole; sea-otter are shot with arrows; spears, bone hooks, and nets are used in fishing. After the advent of the Russians, the natives were not allowed to kill fur-animals without accounting to them therefor."

Gender Equity

"The Aleuts have no marriage ceremony. Every man takes as many women to wife as he can support, or rather as he can get to support him. Presents are made to the relatives of the bride, and 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. Wives are exchanged by the men, and rich women are permitted to indulge in two husbands. Male concubinage obtains throughout the Aleutian Islands, but not to the same extent as among the Koniagas.[129] Mothers plunge their crying babies under water in order to quiet them. This remedy performed in winter amid broken ice, is very effectual." <𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴 - mine>

Kadiak Pride

Please keep in mind the times in which this was written. Today, use of the adjective 'repugnant' would likely be considered to be 'hateful,' and its use in the current context could land the writer in a Canadian jail for thought crime. I have, therefore, opted to replace the word 'repugnant' with the word 'progressive' to avoid prosecution. The word 'inclusive' could also be used. The word 'woke' would be prohibited.

"But the most 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 of all their practices is that of male concubinage. A Kadiak mother will select her handsomest and most promising boy, and dress and rear him as a girl, teaching him only domestic duties, keeping him at woman's work, associating him only with women and girls, in order to render his effeminacy complete. Arriving at the age of ten or fifteen years, he is married to some wealthy man, who regards such a companion as a great acquisition. These male wives are called achnutschik or schopans."

'C'mon, mon, listen to the Schopan!'

Just when you start to think there is nothing new under the sun you find out there is nothing new under the sun.

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